Chapter Summaries

The Phantom Troupe mourned Shalnark and searched Yorknew City as the Mafia launched a citywide bounty to hunt them. Meanwhile, Biscuit noticed a hidden Nen machine and showed Bisky how Divine Script revealed it.

• Uvogin and Machi found Shalnark dead at a Mafia gathering place, and the Phantom Troupe began seeking revenge and information.
• Chrollo moved through Yorknew City in disguise, while the exposed Nostrade Family and Neon had no chance to escape his notice.
• The Mafia announced a Conditional Auction that offered two billion Jenie for each Phantom Troupe member and mobilized Yorknew City's hunters.
• Biscuit told Bisky that Blue Planet might let her train in Biscuit's world and suggested the Heavenly Arena could change soon.
• Biscuit used Divine Script to reveal a floating Nen machine to Bisky.

Biscuit and Bisky met Julia, Eve, and Eva in Yorknew City, where they agreed to attend the Underground Auction together. Meanwhile, the Phantom Troupe regrouped, planned to seek Neon’s fortune-telling ability, and prepared to infiltrate the auction.

• A Monitor watched Abengane, while Biscuit led Bisky to meet three acquaintances she recognized as Julia, Eve, and Eva.
• Julia told Biscuit that she had come to see the world on her own initiative, and she invited both Biscuits to the Underground Auction that night.
• The Phantom Troupe regrouped and learned that the auction items and Shalnark’s corpse were not in the underground vault, and they suspected Owl had them.
• Chrollo decided the Phantom Troupe would seek Neon and her fortune-telling ability at the auction, while Uvogin wanted to pursue the Chain user and the “Musician.”
• Shizuku told Uvogin he could not join the infiltration because his conspicuous build would make him easy to recognize, and Pakunoda would help gather intelligence.

Julia’s group entered the heavily guarded Underground Auction, where she warned Craig Borge that the Phantom Troupe might already have infiltrated the building. Kurapika persuaded Light Nostrade to keep Neon away from the Auction, but Chrollo watched Light leave and learned where Neon was staying.

• Julia and her companions passed the checkpoints and met Craig Borge, who escorted them to the auction hall after she said she belonged to the Conrad Family.
• Julia pointed out weaknesses in the Mafia’s security and suggested the Phantom Troupe could already be inside the building.
• Kurapika told Light Nostrade that the Phantom Troupe could steal Nen abilities and urged him to keep Neon away from the Auction.
• Dalzollene described the Spiders’ strength, and Light agreed that Kurapika would accompany him while the others protected Neon.
• Chrollo watched Light Nostrade depart and realized the Phantom Troupe had found Neon's location by following him.

Julia and the two Biskys assessed the Mafia’s defenses while the Phantom Troupe infiltrated the Auction venue. Pakunoda drew the attention of a Mafia official, setting up an opportunity to approach Rabid Dog.

• Craig Borge told Rabid Dog that Julia had warned him about infiltration through transformation, prompting Rabid Dog to consider the Phantom Troupe’s remaining members and abilities.
• Julia and the Biskys judged the venue’s security too weak to stop the Phantom Troupe, then left to look for gems and excitement at the Auction.
• Rabid Dog arrived, confirmed that Julia and her companions were Nen users, and questioned Julia, who admitted she knew him and was interested in the Auction’s gems and commotion.
• Light Nostrade and Kurapika arrived as Pakunoda and Phinks entered the venue and the other Phantom Troupe members searched the building.
• Pakunoda prepared to approach Rabid Dog, but a high-ranking Mafia member harassed her and slapped her, after which she fell as part of her act.

Melody detected Chrollo tracking the Nostrade Family, prompting Kurapika to arrange for them to flee the hotel and seek help from Gon Freecss and his friends. Chrollo used a stolen tracking ability to follow them, while Little Killua rushed to meet the group.

• Rabid Dog intervened when a Mafia executive harassed Pakunoda, allowing her to charm him while Julia stayed silent.
• Melody warned Kurapika that one person was following them, and she led the Nostrade Family out of their hotel room.
• Kurapika asked Light Nostrade for instructions, then persuaded him to send Neon and the others to meet Kurapika's Hunter friends instead of going to the Auction venue.
• Gon Freecss and the others agreed to help, and Little Killua used Moonwalk to head to the hotel while Leorio and Zepile left.
• Chrollo found the Nostrade Family's room empty and used a stolen tracking ability to determine that they were still inside the hotel building.
• Dalzollene carried Neon as the group escaped, while Chrollo leaped from a window and ran down the hotel's exterior.

Melody warned that someone was closing in on the hotel while the Phantom Troupe discovered Biscuit and Bisky observing them and attacked. Lucky teleported the two Biscuits to Heavenly Arena, while the Yorknew Auction venue descended into chaos and Rabid Dog was killed.

• Melody detected someone approaching the hotel, and Kurapika warned her that the pursuers might have a tracking ability.
• Machi sensed Biscuit and Bisky watching the Phantom Troupe, so Uvogin caused a disturbance that exposed them.
• Feitan, Uvogin, and Nobunaga attacked the two Biscuits, but they evaded the assault and Biscuit withstood Uvogin's punch.
• Biscuit asked Lucky to take them away, and he teleported her and Bisky to a room in Heavenly Arena.
• Pakunoda and Phinks attacked at the Auction venue, where Rabid Dog lay dead in a pool of blood.

The Phantom Troupe attacked the Auction, and Pakunoda captured Rabid Dog to learn about Shalnark’s corpse and the Ten Dons. Kurapika escaped with Light Nostrade while Phinks pursued them, as Julia and her companions moved to take the Auction items and confronted the arriving Troupe behind a Nen barrier.

• Pakunoda shot Rabid Dog and interrogated him while Phinks attacked the Mafia members in the Auction venue.
• Kurapika protected Light Nostrade and led him through a hole in the wall as Phinks pursued them; Franklin attacked those gathered at the exit.
• Julia sent Eve and Eva to guard her, then went to retrieve the Auction items, while Pakunoda learned the Ten Dons’ residences and secret strongholds from Rabid Dog.
• Feitan and the other Phantom Troupe members entered the venue, where Feitan’s sword struck an invisible Nen barrier protecting Eve and Eva on the Auction stage.

Eve and Eva faced the Phantom Troupe while Julia collected the auction items and watched the confrontation. After the troupe broke Eve’s first barrier, the women used a second barrier and a Divine Script key to escape through a door to their temporary residence.

• Eve and Eva told the Phantom Troupe they were Mafia members but had no intention of fighting, then held off its attacks with a Nen barrier.
• Pakunoda learned that Rabid Dog had no information about the women, while Feitan tried to provoke Eve and Eva about the two Lady Biscuits.
• Hisoka decided to leave after realizing Chrollo was absent, and the others discussed whether the women had targeted the auction items.
• Julia emerged after collecting the auction items and called the Phantom Troupe’s actions entertaining.
• Feitan broke Eve’s first barrier, but he ran into a second one, and the bracer shattered.
• Eva opened a door in the wall with a Divine Script key, and Julia, Eva, and Eve escaped through it.

Melody, Dalzollene, and the other bodyguards tried to protect Neon from Chrollo as he tracked them through the hotel. Chrollo broke through their defenses, and the chapter ended with the group weighing whether to fight or flee.

• Melody sensed Chrollo approaching their floor, and Dalzollene explained that Chrollo was the Phantom Troupe leader who could steal Nen abilities.
• Dalzollene chose to fight and planned to escape with Neon through another stairwell, but Chrollo caught them on the fifth floor.
• Shachmono sent out Eleven Black Children, while Basho used a haiku to hold Chrollo in place and Feijie's controlled people attacked him.
• Chrollo's white fish ability devoured Shachmono's Nen constructs, and Chrollo killed many of the controlled attackers.
• Melody played music to trap Chrollo in an illusion, but he had sealed his ears with Nen, so Dalzollene and the others were unaffected.
• Basho asked whether they should fight or flee as Chrollo held Bandit's Secret and considered the value of Melody's and Basho's abilities.

Dalzollene and the Nostrade bodyguards tried to escape Chrollo with Neon, but Chrollo pursued them with his Nen Beasts. Elsewhere, Uvogin and the other Phantom Troupe members killed Light Nostrade, leaving Kurapika positioned to take control of the Nostrade Family.

• Dalzollene led the bodyguards and Neon out of the hotel, while Basho repeatedly used his ability to hold Chrollo back.
• Melody recognized Chrollo's tracking ability, but a traffic jam forced the group to abandon their cars and continue on foot.
• Chrollo caught up with five armored Nen Beasts and attacked the bodyguards as Ivakov tried to carry Neon away.
• Chrollo received Machi's report that Uvogin and the others had killed Light Nostrade during their battle with Kurapika.
• Lucky realized that if Dalzollene also died, Kurapika would gain control of the Nostrade Family.

Kurapika escaped the Phantom Troupe after fighting Nobunaga, Uvogin, and Phinks, while Chrollo’s attack on the Nostrade group left Melody facing a deadly choice. As Chrollo moved to kill her, Melody raised her flute and began to release the Dark Sonata’s ominous Nen.

• Kurapika fought Nobunaga, Uvogin, and Phinks, then used Uvogin’s punch to break through a wall and escape on his chains.
• Phinks blamed Uvogin for killing Light Nostrade and allowing Kurapika to flee.
• Kurapika relied on his Dowsing Chain to track Melody and worried about Neon and the others.
• Chrollo defeated and injured the Nostrade group while ordering the Mafia members in the building killed.
• Chrollo targeted Melody, and she raised her flute as the Nen of the Dark Sonata began to emerge.

Killua arrived in time to stop Chrollo from pressing his attack on Melody and the Mafia bodyguards, then battled Chrollo’s Nen Beasts. Chrollo withdrew as Mafia forces gathered, leaving the conflict poised to escalate ahead of the next day’s operation.

• Killua struck Chrollo with lightning after sensing the battle, and Dalzollene and the others were relieved when he arrived to help.
• Killua checked that Lin Xian and Melody were alive, then learned from Melody that Chrollo was the Phantom Troupe’s leader and acting alone.
• Chrollo sent his five Nen Beasts to test Killua, but Killua evaded them and wounded them with a conjured short blade.
• Chrollo decided to end the fight and withdrew as Mafia personnel gathered nearby.
• Squala secretly directed bomb-carrying dogs to support the Mafia forces as the gathering conflict threatened to grow into a major battle.

Killua and Dalzollene’s group escaped the Phantom Troupe and gathered with Gon Freecss and the others at their rented residence. Melody warned that the Troupe could track them, and the chapter ended with Kurapika arriving.

• Chrollo left, and Killua led Dalzollene’s group toward the rented residence while Squala and Shachmono took Lin Xian to the hospital.
• Killua called Gon Freecss and reassured him that Kurapika could escape danger, while the Phantom Troupe withdrew after slaughtering Mafia members at the Auction Building.
• Kurapika and Chrollo passed each other in Yorknew City without noticing one another.
• Dalzollene, Neon, Ivakov, Basho, and Melody met Gon Freecss and Killua at the residence, where Melody warned that the Phantom Troupe had a tracking ability.
• Melody heard Kurapika’s familiar voice and realized he had arrived.

Kurapika returned without Light Nostrade, leaving the Nostrade Family unsure how to respond. Lucky ordered Julia Conrad to use the crisis to gain influence through the family, while the Biscuits traveled to Yorknew City to appraise the gemstones.

• Kurapika returned alone and confirmed Light Nostrade was dead, leaving Dalzollene to ask how they should inform Neon Nostrade.
• Lucky called Julia Conrad and told her to approach Gon Freecss and the others and use the Nostrade Family as an opportunity to rise in power.
• Bisky questioned whether the Phantom Troupe could defeat the Ten Dons, and Lucky said their outcome would not change.
• The two Biscuits asked Lucky to send them to Yorknew City, where Julia and the others were staying.
• Bisky marveled at Lucky's unrestricted Spatial Teleportation, and Julia handed over the gemstones before leaving to act quickly.

Kurapika and the others prepared to tell Neon Nostrade that her father had been killed and worried about the Nostrade Family’s future. Meanwhile, Little Killua gave Gon, Killua, and Leorio necklaces for protection and told them about his teacher, Shermie, leaving Killua curious about the other world and his family.

• Kurapika and the others discussed telling Neon Nostrade about Light Nostrade’s death and whether the family could still bid on the Scarlet Eyes.
• Gon Freecss and Killua asked Little Killua how strong the Phantom Troupe was, and he compared its members to Hisoka.
• Little Killua gave Gon, Killua, and Leorio necklaces made by Floor Master Lucky to help them escape danger.
• Little Killua explained that his backup was Shermie, a female fighter he considered his teacher, and said she might be connected to his arrival in this world.
• Little Killua said Shermie was a Lightning Controller who had trained at the Superpower Martial Arts Hall, which Big Brother Illumi had also joined.
• Killua wondered how his family was doing in the other world, then dismissed his uneasy feeling that he had forgotten something.

After learning that Light Nostrade had died, Neon broke down while Kurapika and the bodyguards tried to determine how to protect the family. Melody sensed people approaching, and Kurapika rushed out to confront Julia and her companions, who had arrived on Lucky’s orders.

• Dalzollene, Kurapika, and Melody told Neon that her father had not returned from the Auction.
• Neon asked whether the Phantom Troupe had killed her father, and Kurapika confirmed the news, prompting her to weep and blame herself.
• Kurapika asked Neon for family contacts and information about important assets, but she could provide neither.
• Melody sensed people approaching with strange heartbeats, and Kurapika rushed out to protect Neon.
• Julia and two companions arrived on Lucky’s orders, and Julia wondered whether Neon still had her difficult personality.

Julia and her companions arrived at Kurapika’s group and revealed their connection to the Zoldyck family and another world. After identifying Melody’s powerful Dark Sonata curse, Julia offered to remove it in exchange for the Flute Chapter.

• Kurapika opened the door to Julia, Eve, and Eva, whose hostility briefly surfaced when they saw Killua.
• Julia explained that Silva Zoldyck had nearly killed her companions, and Little Killua recognized her from Heavenly Arena.
• Kurapika tried to block Julia, but Little Killua warned that their group could not fight her; Julia swiftly punched both Killuas and then asked to see Neon Nostrade.
• Eva sensed a powerful Dark Sonata curse on Melody, and Julia recognized her as the Music Hunter.
• Julia offered to remove Melody’s curse if Melody gave them the Flute Chapter.

Melody’s curse erupted when Eva tried to purify the Dark Sonata’s power within her, threatening to make her play the cursed music. Lucky intervened with the Holy Grail, drawing out the power and beginning to lift Melody’s curse, then left with the Black Mud contained in the Grail.

• Melody demanded to know what Julia planned to do with the Dark Sonata, insisting that its sheet music should be destroyed.
• Eva used Holy Light to purify Melody, but black Nen poured from Melody as the Dark Sonata’s power awakened within her.
• Melody fell into a hallucination and reached for her flute while her black aura suppressed Eva’s Holy Light and corroded Kurapika’s Nen.
• Lucky appeared and stopped Melody from playing, then used the Holy Grail to absorb the black Nen surrounding her.
• Melody awoke as the curse began to disappear and her body started returning to its original appearance; Lucky left with the Black Mud in the Holy Grail.

Melody’s curse was removed, transforming her appearance, while Julia and the Conrad Family turned their attention to Neon and the Nostrade Family. Julia put Neon to sleep and awaited the arrival of another figure through an elevator that appeared in the room.

• Melody’s appearance changed after Lucky removed her curse, and Kurapika asked Gon Freecss and Killua to look after her.
• Kurapika led Julia to meet Neon, while Eve went to approach the Nostrade Family about joining the Conrad Family.
• Julia told Neon that Light Nostrade had been confirmed dead and asked whether she wanted to see her father again.
• Julia comforted Neon until she fell asleep, while Dalzollene waited without intervening.
• An elevator appeared in the room, and four figures stepped out.

Julia arranged for the Nostrade Family in this world to come under their control and for Neon to join her family in another world, where her parents were alive. Lucky opened the elevator to take Neon across worlds as Dalzollene gave her a Divine Sword.

• Light Nostrade and the other world's Neon arrived through the elevator and agreed to join the Conrad Family.
• The other Neon woke her counterpart, who was startled to find two versions of herself and two Dalzollenes in the room.
• Julia explained the parallel worlds and offered for Neon to reunite with her parents while the other Neon took charge of the local Nostrade Family.
• The other Dalzollene offered to stay and protect Neon, but she threatened to make him unlucky until he agreed to return.
• Dalzollene gave Neon a Divine Sword, and Lucky opened the elevator so she could travel to the other world.