Chapter Summaries

Gelman faced Chrollo and the Phantom Troupe aboard the train as explosions from another carriage signaled the arrival of Hisoka. Chrollo reassigned his fighters to meet the shifting battle, leaving Kurapika without a dedicated opponent.

• Illumi told Gelman that a bomb-obsessed trio had joined the Phantom Troupe and was blowing up carriages while searching from the rear of the train.
• Hisoka entered the compartment and revealed that the trio had tied up passengers and blown up a carriage, then declared that Chrollo, Illumi, and Gelman were the people he most wanted to kill.
• Gelman’s earlier message had brought Hisoka to the Kakin Empire, where he boarded the train to seize a chance to fight Chrollo again.
• Chrollo ordered Uvogin and Nobunaga to deal with Gelman, assigned Illumi to keep Xiyou occupied, and left Kurapika without a specific opponent.

Chrollo prepared to use his stolen Nen abilities against Hisoka, while Gelman’s fight drew in Uvogin, Nobunaga, and Kurapika. Nobunaga protected Uvogin with his defensive ability as Uvogin began charging an attack, leaving their opponents facing the pair’s coordinated combo.

• Chrollo prepared his stolen Nen abilities for Hisoka and kept Machi, Pakunoda, and Shalnark safely on the Europian Continent.
• Explosions behind the fighters set off an attack, and Uvogin charged at Gelman.
• Kurapika used his Restricting Middle Finger Chain to pull Uvogin down, allowing Gelman to engulf him in flames.
• Nobunaga cut through Gelman’s fire and Kurapika’s Chain with Nothing Can Be Cut Within the Square.
• Uvogin extinguished the flames and began gathering aura while Nobunaga guarded him with his defensive dome.

Gelman and Kurapika escaped Uvogin’s devastating attack and ran along the train roof, using movement to disrupt the enemy pair’s formation. As Uvogin and Nobunaga pursued them, Gelman explained how Kurapika could exploit their underestimation of him and wait for an opening.

• Nobunaga withdrew his Defensive Dome to make room for Uvogin’s Super Destruction Fist, which blasted through several train cars and killed nearly everyone inside two cars.
• Kurapika escaped the attack by swinging from his Chain onto the train roof, where he joined Gelman.
• Gelman told Kurapika to keep moving because Uvogin and Nobunaga were most dangerous when fighting together from a fixed position.
• Uvogin chased Gelman and Kurapika across the roof, while Nobunaga followed through the cars and used In.
• Gelman warned Kurapika that Nobunaga was moving beneath them and that Uvogin was baiting him, then told him to stay inconspicuous and watch for a rare opening.

Gelman severed the train between carriages and fought Uvogin and Nobunaga on the detached rear half. With the train stopped and both opponents closing in, Gelman changed tactics and attacked Uvogin with a whip.

• Gelman cut through the coupling between two carriages, separating the rear half of the train from the locomotive.
• Uvogin leaped toward Gelman, but Gelman hurled a Giant Spear that wounded Uvogin and sent him falling toward the tracks.
• Nobunaga caught Uvogin by the ankle and threw him onto Gelman's carriage, where Uvogin smashed through the roof and attacked Gelman.
• Uvogin shattered Gelman's Crow Shield, while Nobunaga attacked from inside the carriage with a Slash Wave that Gelman dodged.
• The rear half of the train stopped, and Gelman used En to track Nobunaga while calculating both opponents' attack ranges.
• Gelman transformed the Spiral Cane into a whip and lashed it at Uvogin instead of using another Giant Spear.

Uvogin and Nobunaga attacked Gelman, but he escaped their encirclement and fled along the train. Kurapika found three Nen users entering the stopped train car, where their leader, Ganshu, planned to turn the passengers into a bomb to attack Gelman.

• Uvogin ripped up the train-car roof and, with Nobunaga, cornered Gelman, but Nobunaga deflected Gelman's shotgun pellets.
• Gelman swung to the next car with his Spiderweb Lasso and escaped through a window; Nobunaga pursued him while Uvogin followed along the roof.
• Kurapika entered the stopped rear half of the train and considered using the evacuating passengers to get close to Uvogin and Nobunaga.
• Ganshu, Sub, and Bala entered Kurapika's car, and Kurapika recognized them as the Nen users behind the earlier explosion.
• Ganshu ordered Sub and Bala to gather the passengers and make another human bomb for when Gelman arrived.

The Bomb Devil trio used Ganshu’s Sound of Life to plant invisible bombs on passengers, planning to detonate them when Gelman approached. As Kurapika prepared to warn his teacher, he spotted two familiar faces among the people nearby.

• Shabu and Bala threatened the passengers with pistols while Ganshu planted invisible bombs on ten of them.
• Kurapika watched from hiding and realized the trio intended to use the passengers as human bombs.
• The Bomb Devil trio had been blowing up train carriages to find Gelman and his accomplices, then changed plans when the train stopped and they saw Gelman fighting Uvogin and Nobunaga.
• Kurapika decided he had to warn his teacher about the trap as the fighting approached the carriage.
• Kurapika spotted two familiar faces in different places while watching the Bomb Devil trio.

Kurapika, Shizuku, and Biscuit killed the three gunmen who had taken over the train car. After the passengers cheered, Biscuit told them to get off the train.

• Kurapika used his chain to trip Shabu and wrestled him for his gun.
• Kurapika strangled Shabu while Shizuku killed Bala with the Evil Tenderfoot.
• Ganshu attacked Shizuku, but Biscuit struck him and sent him flying into Shizuku's weapon, which knocked him out of the train.
• Biscuit praised Shizuku, and the passengers cheered after the three gunmen were defeated.
• Biscuit told the passengers to get off the train.

Nobunaga and Uvogin pursued Gelman across the train, but Nobunaga turned from the chase to kill fleeing passengers after realizing the rear cars had not been cleared. He left the massacre to continue as a silver Chain suddenly lashed toward him.

• Nobunaga and Uvogin struggled to catch Gelman as he raced through the train cars.
• Nobunaga saw passengers fleeing into the woods and suspected that Ganshu and his two companions had failed to secure the rear cars.
• Nobunaga decided to clean up the situation himself and slaughtered the fleeing passengers with his sword.
• Nobunaga reflected that Meteor City’s people deserved a better place to live than the complacent people of the Six Continents.
• A silver Chain whipped toward Nobunaga from the side.

Nobunaga was ambushed by Kurapika, Biscuit, and Shizuku while Uvogin fought Gelman atop the train. Uvogin unleashed his Super Destruction Fist, blasting the group toward the mountainside and sending the train tumbling toward a ravine.

• Kurapika distracted Nobunaga with his Restraining Middle Finger Chain while Biscuit tried to attack him from behind.
• Nobunaga dodged Biscuit's surprise slash, but Shizuku used Evil Tenderfoot to try to suck the sword from his hands as Kurapika and Biscuit closed in.
• Uvogin noticed Nobunaga was surrounded and tried to leave Gelman to help him, but Gelman blocked his way.
• Uvogin tore off part of the train roof and hurled it at Gelman, who chopped it in half with his Meat Saw.
• Uvogin gathered aura and unleashed his Super Destruction Fist at about eighty percent strength, blasting Nobunaga and the others toward the mountainside and tipping the train toward a ravine.

Gelman defeated Uvogin by summoning the Ominous Undead, though the Nen Beast exhausted much of his energy. Nobunaga then emerged from the woods with Biscuit, Shizuku, and Kurapika, gravely injured after fighting them.

• Uvogin survived Gelman's earlier attack and charged back at him with a fifty-percent Super Destruction Fist.
• Gelman summoned the Ominous Undead, which batted away Uvogin's attack and seized him.
• Uvogin realized Gelman had used his comrades as fuel for his growth and hoped Nobunaga would escape to warn Chrollo.
• The Ominous Undead cut Uvogin in half, then vanished as Gelman panted from exhaustion.
• Nobunaga emerged from the woods with Biscuit, Shizuku, and Kurapika after they had gravely injured him in a fight.

Kurapika confronted Nobunaga after Biscuit and Gelman had defeated him, and Nobunaga recognized Kurapika as a Kurta survivor seeking revenge. With Shizuku and Gelman helping, Kurapika killed Nobunaga, but felt little satisfaction as his resolve hardened.

• Nobunaga mourned Uvogin and refused to flee, despite knowing he was badly injured.
• Kurapika removed his colored contacts and revealed his Hokage Eyes, leading Nobunaga to identify him as a Kurta survivor.
• Nobunaga assumed Gelman led an organization of avengers and explained that the Phantom Troupe had felt no compassion for the Kurta Clan or other outsiders.
• Nobunaga challenged Kurapika, who attacked with his Restraining Middle Finger Chain while Shizuku restrained Nobunaga's sword and Gelman severed his left hand.
• Kurapika watched Nobunaga die and found little pleasure in his revenge, though his resolve grew stronger.

Germain counted the rewards from the battle, and Kurapika treated the wounded survivors before the group slipped away from town. At a mountainside cave, Germain and Biscuit discussed the Phantom Troupe’s losses while Kurapika remained away fetching water.

• Germain gained 12 Points, the Tachi: Senkage, and 2 points of Pressure from Uvogin and Nobunaga’s Grudge Bestowal.
• Kurapika used the Healing Thumb Chain to treat Germain, his companions, and gravely wounded survivors until rescue teams arrived.
• Germain, Biscuit, Shizuku, and Kurapika quietly left town after the rescue, and the rescuers failed to find the four people survivors called heroes.
• Biscuit told Germain how she and Shizuku had followed his messages and joined the train, then discussed Hisoka and Xiyou drawing Chrollo and Illumi away from Uvogin and Nobunaga.
• Shizuku returned with firewood, and Germain lit a campfire outside the cave with his Flamethrower.
• Biscuit said the Phantom Troupe had lost two more members and wondered why Kurapika had not returned from fetching water after nearly twenty minutes.

Kurapika brought the injured Sheila to Gelman, Biscuit, and Shizuku, explaining that he had found her near a river and treated her with Healing Thumb Chain. After the group cared for Sheila overnight, she woke up beside Shizuku and was stunned to find herself among people tied to her complicated past.

• Gelman used En to detect Kurapika approaching with an unfamiliar, faint aura.
• Kurapika brought the unconscious, feverish Sheila to camp and explained that he had found her injured by the river.
• Shizuku recognized Sheila, and Kurapika recalled finding her with Pyro near the Kurta Clan settlement years earlier.
• Gelman said Sheila was worth winning over, and Biscuit and the others agreed to care for her overnight.
• Sheila's fever broke during the night, and the group went to sleep after taking turns watching over her.
• Sheila woke screaming beside Shizuku, then recognized the people around her and froze as she tried to make sense of their connections.

Sheila explained that she had come to the Kakin Empire to investigate the death of her friend Sarasa and hoped that finding those responsible might change the Phantom Troupe. She then described Meteor City’s history, leaving Gelman to consider how deeply the Six Continents’ hostility had shaped its people’s lives.

• Biscuit explained to Sheila why the group was there, and Sheila learned that Uvogin and Nobunaga had died.
• Gelman asked Sheila why she had come to the Kakin Empire, and she said she was investigating Sarasa’s death.
• Sheila admitted she hoped that finding and dealing with the people responsible might change the Phantom Troupe.
• Sheila asked what the others knew about Meteor City’s origins, and Gelman described its history as a dumping ground for exiled people and its later agreement with the Mafia.
• Gelman concluded that the Phantom Troupe and other aid could not undo the Six Continents’ hostility toward Meteor City.

Hila explained how the Phantom Troupe’s search for Sarasa’s killers led them to give the Kurta Clan’s Hokage Eyes to influential people in exchange for information and publicity. She gave Kurapika the recipients’ identities, adding names to his search list as he considered how to recover the eyes.

• Hila recalled her childhood friendship with Sarasa and Pakunoda and described her regret at letting Sarasa go back alone before her murder.
• Hila explained that the Phantom Troupe investigated outsiders who had entered Meteor City and created a dark website to lure Sarasa’s killers into revealing themselves.
• Hila revealed that the Phantom Troupe gave the Kurta Clan’s Hokage Eyes to mafia members and other influential people in exchange for information and to promote the website.
• Hila told Shizuku that she fled Meteor City after Pakunoda accidentally revealed details of the investigation, fearing Pakunoda might use her Nen ability to uncover her connection to Gelman and Shizuku.
• Kurapika calmly asked Hila for the names Pakunoda had disclosed, then compared them with Xiyou’s list and identified more possible holders of the Hokage Eyes.

Sheila revealed that most of the Scarlet Eyes had been passed from the Ai Yi Family to Fourth Prince Tserriednich, and that Pyro’s head may also have been delivered to him. Kurapika and Gelman agreed to consider reclaiming the eyes when the timing and conditions were favorable, while Sheila offered information about Tserriednich’s upcoming social ball.

• Kurapika realized Sheila’s list accounted for far fewer Scarlet Eyes than his clan had lost, and Sheila explained that most had gone to the Ai Yi Family and then Tserriednich.
• Sheila described Tserriednich’s cruelty, his ties to the Ai Yi Family, and the Phantom Troupe’s possible role in delivering Pyro’s head to him.
• Kurapika considered taking the Scarlet Eyes back from Tserriednich, and Gelman asked whether he was prepared to make an enemy of the Kakin Empire.
• Biscuit offered to help Kurapika, and Gelman agreed that they would assess whether the timing and conditions were right.
• Sheila chose to help and revealed that Tserriednich would hold a social ball in early September.

At Fourth Prince Tserriednich’s ball, Gelman disguised as a waiter eavesdropped while Shizuku and Kurapika followed a man away after receiving his business card. Kurapika briefly met Gelman’s eyes before disappearing around a corner.

• Tserriednich hosted a ball, where his former military school friends discussed how Autosin should address him formally.
• Pokson bumped into a disguised Gelman, who caught her and then returned to serving drinks.
• Gelman listened to Tserriednich discuss philosophy but heard nothing useful, so he searched the ballroom for Shizuku and Kurapika.
• A man gave Shizuku and Kurapika his business card and led them away, and Kurapika looked back to meet Gelman’s eyes before following him.

Tserriednich confronted Molena after she praised him and reported on tensions among Kakin’s mafia families and princes. He accused her of trying to provoke conflict and declared that she wanted the empire to descend into chaos, leaving her pinned by the throat against the corridor wall.

• Tserriednich left the ball and checked his phone before Molena approached him in the corridor.
• Molena followed Tserriednich and asked whether he was monitoring Yorknew City’s Underground Auction.
• Molena praised Tserriednich’s conduct at the ball and told him she would keep watch for things he wanted, including the Hokage Eyes.
• Molena described information about a train terrorist attack, the Phantom Troupe, and the Shu and Gasha families.
• Tserriednich grabbed Molena by the throat, slammed her against the wall, and accused her of trying to stir up a war among the princes and mafia families.

Tserriednich confronted Molena, then returned to his room to meet Shizuku and Kurapika, unaware that Gelman was watching him. The chapter left Tserriednich making friendly conversation with the two women.

• Tserriednich choked Molena and warned her not to interfere in his affairs, then let her go.
• Molena returned to the ball, and Gelman emerged after witnessing their confrontation and recognizing that Molena had recently awakened her Nen.
• Gelman followed Tserriednich back to his room while reflecting on Tserriednich's lack of Nen knowledge and future potential.
• Mark told Tserriednich that two women were waiting in his room, and Tserriednich dismissed his men before entering.
• Tserriednich greeted Shizuku and Kurapika warmly, invited them to sit, and began asking their names.

Kurapika, Gelman, and Shizuku captured Tserriednich and found his secret collection of human remains, including the Hokage Eyes and Pyro’s head. Shizuku removed the collection with Evil Tenderfoot while Tserriednich was left powerless.

• Tserriednich drugged drinks for the two women, but Kurapika entered with Gelman and Shizuku before anyone drank them.
• Kurapika revealed his disguise as Aria and bound Tserriednich with his chain.
• Gelman reported that the guards outside were dead and that they had only about ten minutes before help arrived.
• Kurapika led the group to the hidden room, where they found tattooed human skins, preserved body parts, the Hokage Eyes, and Pyro’s head.
• Shizuku used Evil Tenderfoot to take the Hokage Eyes, Pyro’s head, and the rest of Tserriednich’s collection.