Chapter Summaries

Leo skipped the Yorknew City mafia auction and bought three antiques with faint Nen at a street market. Meanwhile, the Black Tiger Gang set out to rob the auction, where George killed Feijie and cornered Shakimono and Dochino.

• Yiwalianfu, Feijie, Shakimono, and Dochino discussed the auction’s importance and the new Ten Dons while Leo strolled elsewhere in the city.
• Leo used Gyo to inspect antiques and bought a bronze mirror, a copper coin, and a chipped ceramic bowl for less than a hundred thousand Jenny.
• Black Tiger led the twenty-three-member Black Tiger Gang toward Semetali Building, planning to rob the auction with a powerful weapon.
• Feijie spotted the gang approaching and tried to alert Dalzollene, but George attacked and cut her throat.
• Shakimono and Dochino dodged George’s gunfire, but George and other gang members surrounded them.

Black Tiger and his gang robbed the auction while Kurapika protected Neon and searched for a safe chance to act. Dean alerted Leo, who rushed toward the venue as the gang escaped with the treasures.

• Black Tiger and five gang members stormed the auction hall, while others blocked the rear exit and killed the security guards.
• Black Tiger threatened the crowd, shot a mafia executive and his bodyguards, and ordered Colin to take the treasures from the vault.
• Kurapika held back from attacking because Neon and the other guests could be caught in the gunfire, while Dean secretly sent Leo a warning.
• Leo received Dean's message and rushed toward the auction venue.
• Colin returned with sacks of treasure, and Black Tiger's gang withdrew from the hall without being stopped.

Black Tiger’s gang ambushed the mafia forces pursuing them outside the Semetali Building, inflicting heavy casualties with rocket launchers and gunfire. As Black Tiger tried to withdraw, a mysterious figure dropped from the sky and struck the street.

• The mafia bosses ordered their men to retrieve their weapons and pursue the Black Tiger Gang, while Dalzollene sent Kurapika and Basho after them and escorted Neon away.
• Black Tiger’s gang waited outside the Semetali Building with stolen valuables and prepared two rocket launchers for the pursuing crowd.
• The mafia members emerged from the building, and Black Tiger’s men fired the rockets at the entrance, killing and injuring many people.
• Kurapika and Basho took cover from the explosions, then the surviving mafia members exchanged gunfire with the Black Tiger Gang.
• Colin urged Black Tiger to retreat, and as the gang headed toward an alley, a dark figure fell from the sky and slammed into the street.

Leo intervened in the street battle and overwhelmed the Black Tiger Gang, killing all twenty-three men in seconds. He left the stunned mobsters, Kurapika, and Basho behind as his level rose from 81 (2%) to 81 (12%).

• Leo appeared between the Black Tiger Gang and the mobsters, and Kurapika recognized him as Examiner Leo.
• Leo released overwhelming Nen Pressure that left the armed men paralyzed with fear.
• Black Tiger ordered his men to fire, but their bullets bounced harmlessly off Leo's Nen Aura.
• Black Tiger threw a Super Bomb at Leo, who caught it and survived its explosion unharmed.
• Leo snapped Black Tiger's neck and killed Colin and the remaining twenty-one gang members in moments.
• Leo walked away as Kurapika, Basho, and the surviving mobsters stared in shock.

After Leo's actions at the underground auction made him feared across Yorknew City, Kurapika reunited with Gon, Killua, and Leorio. Five days later, Leo and the others attended the Nampis Auction, where billionaire Battera confirmed his interest in Greed Island and the bidding began.

• Dean claimed responsibility for the violence and used Leo's support to warn the gangs against challenging the Colton Family.
• Kurapika told Basho that Leo had destroyed the Phantom Troupe, then later informed Light that Leo was a powerful two-star Hunter.
• Kurapika met Gon, Killua, and Leorio, caught up with them, and returned to protecting Neon.
• At the Nampis Auction, Battera told reporters that he intended to acquire Greed Island, while Leo decided to ask him for money after the auction.
• Gon, Killua, and Leorio entered Auction Hall B, where Leo watched as the auctioneer opened the session and bizarre lots went up for bidding.

The auction ended with Battera winning Greed Island for 30.5 billion Jenny. Afterward, Leo entered Battera’s VIP lounge and offered to save his woman.

• The auctioneer demonstrated Greed Island’s durability and began bidding at one billion Jenny.
• Gon accidentally raised the bid to 24 billion, and Leorio reprimanded him while Killua questioned whether he had done it on purpose.
• Battera outbid Milluki and won Greed Island for 30.5 billion Jenny.
• Tsezguerra told Battera that Gon and Killua were unlikely to clear the game and return.
• Leo entered Battera’s lounge, knocked out his bodyguards with killing intent, and offered to save Battera’s woman.

Leo offered to save Battera’s beloved in exchange for two-thirds of his fortune, and Battera accepted. Leo healed the woman, Elena, who awakened, while Battera reunited with her and Leo waited with Tsezguerra outside.

• Leo revealed that Battera’s beloved had only a few months left and offered to save her for two-thirds of Battera’s fortune.
• Battera accepted Leo’s terms and told Tsezguerra that he and his team would still receive full payment.
• Battera took Leo and Tsezguerra by private train to his castle and explained how he and his beloved had fallen in love before she suffered an accident and entered a coma.
• Leo used green healing energy to treat the woman, spending seventeen percent of his life energy as her condition improved.
• Elena opened her eyes, and Battera rushed to her bedside as Leo and Tsezguerra left them alone.

Leo took over Battera’s Greed Island consoles and renewed Tsezguerra’s contract, then arranged for more consoles and a player tryout. The tryout began in Nempis Hall A, where Gon and Killua joined the crowd as Tsezguerra prepared to assess the applicants.

• Battera agreed to transfer his assets and consoles to Leo, who renewed Tsezguerra’s contract and gave him the task of collecting Greed Island cards.
• Leo told Battera to buy four more consoles and hold the scheduled player screening with Tsezguerra as examiner.
• Battera bought four consoles, while Milluki bought one with his fortune and returned to Kukuroo Mountain.
• The Nampis Auction ended, and Gon and Killua arrived at the tryout in Nempis Hall A.
• The host introduced Tsezguerra as the judge, explained that challengers needed Nen abilities, and sent applicants to line up for assessment.

Leo took over Battera’s Greed Island selection, overwhelmed the successful candidates with his Nen, and sent them toward the game. After catching up with Gon, Killua, Leorio, and Biscuit, he watched the candidates’ train leave Yorknew City, having given Tsezguerra guidance about the game.

• Tsezguerra announced that sixteen candidates had passed the screening and explained that Leo would employ them to clear Greed Island, after which Leo appeared and confirmed Battera’s assets had been transferred to him.
• Leo released his Nen Aura, silencing the candidates’ objections, then told them to meet at Tashido Station at five o’clock.
• Gon, Killua, and Leorio celebrated the boys’ success in Yorknew City, and Leorio left to prepare for his exam.
• Biscuit praised Leo’s strength as he gave her beauty masks and explained his recent dealings, including saving Battera’s lover and taking over the selection.
• The sixteen candidates boarded Leo’s private train at Tashido Station, and Leo watched it depart after giving Tsezguerra information about Greed Island’s difficult cards and the Bomber.

Leo explained Greed Island’s real-world dangers and rules to Kastro, Goreinu, and Nico, then sent them into the game. He recruited Hisoka to join them and planned to gather enough players to challenge Razor.

• Dean told Leo that Battera had transferred all his assets to Leo, including the remaining third he had planned to give away.
• Leo described Greed Island’s rules, risks, and rewards to Kastro, Goreinu, and Nico at Colton Manor.
• Goreinu and Nico agreed to enter the game, and Leo gave all three men the equipment to log in.
• Leo decided he would keep holding G selection trials to assemble the fifteen-person team needed to challenge Razor in Soufrabi.
• Leo called Hisoka and lured him toward Toth City by promising a powerful opponent, and Hisoka headed for the airport.

Leo and Hisoka entered Greed Island, where Leo examined the game’s hidden architecture and questioned administrator Eta about its creators. After descending into the game world, Leo arrived at a vast grassy plain.

• Hisoka met Leo at Colton Manor, learned about Greed Island, and logged into the game with the ring and memory card Leo gave him.
• Leo instructed Dean to consult Sophia if needed and to accelerate the collection of creatures, then logged into Greed Island.
• At the starting point, Leo studied the Divine Script patterns covering the room and suspected they helped power or maintain the game world.
• Leo recognized Eta as an administrator, questioned her about the game’s creators and construction, and examined her console and platform.
• Before heading into the game, Leo asked Eta to pass a message to Razor, then descended the stairs and reached a sweeping grassy plain.

Leo entered the game world and reached the bounty city of Antokiba, where he explored its notices and tournament schedule. He spotted Gon and Killua being followed by Biscuit, then continued on without approaching them.

• Leo used Gyo to read Hisoka’s message, then waited on the plain for a player to arrive.
• Nigg landed near Leo and tried to draw a spell card, but Leo knocked him unconscious and took every card from his binder.
• Leo reached Antokiba, browsed its bounty notices, and learned that the monthly rock-paper-scissors tournament would be held the next day.
• Leo saw Gon and Killua walking through the city with Biscuit secretly following them.
• Biscuit noticed Leo watching, then continued after Gon and Killua while Leo wished them luck and walked on.

Leo met Kastro, Goreinu, and Nico in Antokiba, then traveled to Masadora to buy spell cards. After obtaining a Leave card, he headed east toward Wenqian to collect two more cards he needed.

• Leo told Kastro, Goreinu, and Nico that designated-slot cards rated B could be bought in major-town card shops, and they planned to enter the tournament for the Sword of Truth.
• Leo rejected Benny’s offer to join a group seeking the fifty-billion reward and warned him off with killing intent.
• Leo bought a map of Greed Island, chose Masadora as his destination, and defeated several monsters on the way there.
• Leo sold monster cards in Masadora and bought five spell-card packs, including a Leave card.
• Leo checked the map for Wenqian and left Masadora to find the two cards he still needed.

Leo completed the quest to find the flower shop owner’s missing sister, defeated Doctor, and obtained Mad Doctor’s Muscle Enhancer. After drinking all seven boxes, he doubled his strength and left the girl behind as he prepared to continue his journey the next day.

• Leo met the flower shop owner in Wenqian, learned her sister had disappeared, and agreed to find her.
• Leo gave the old fisherman fish he had bought at the market, then learned that a man in a white coat had taken the girl toward the eastern town.
• Leo broke into the white building in the eastern town, defeated its guards, and killed Doctor in the basement.
• Leo collected cards No. 70, 71, and 72, then used card No. 70 to obtain seven boxes of Muscle Enhancer.
• Leo drank all seven boxes, doubled his strength, left the unconscious girl behind, and rented a room at an inn for the night.

Leo used [Drift] to visit Dorias and Aiai before traveling to Soufrabi to meet Greed Island administrator Razor. After forcing Razor’s men to let him in, Leo asked Razor questions about the game.

• Leo used [Drift] to reach Dorias, where he won money at a casino before touring the city.
• Leo used a second [Drift] to visit Aiai and explored its streets before using a third [Drift].
• Leo arrived in Soufrabi and headed to a seaside fortress, where he shattered the teeth of the guard who tried to drive him away.
• Leo asked the guards to tell their boss, Mr. Razor, that he wanted to meet him, and they led him into the fortress training room.
• Leo introduced himself to Razor, who recognized his name from Eta’s warning, and Leo said he wanted to ask questions about the game.

Leo challenged Razor to a duel in exchange for answers about his group, then easily avoided and countered Razor’s attacks. Razor summoned his Fourteen Devils, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Razor agreed to answer some of Leo’s questions at his discretion if Leo beat him, and they went to the shore to fight.
• Razor fired Nen projectiles at Leo, who dodged the first, batted three back, and crushed the last in his hand.
• Razor charged Leo with a Ko-coated punch, but Leo vanished and sent him stumbling with a poke to the back.
• Razor snapped his fingers and summoned fourteen autonomous Nen beasts with numbered faces.

Leo faced Razor’s barrage of Nen projectiles without moving and emerged unharmed. After Leo’s devastating volleyball-style strike blasted Razor into a crater, Razor admitted defeat.

• Razor and his fourteen Nen beasts built up a dense barrage of projectiles and fired them at Leo, who remained unscathed beneath his golden aura.
• Leo formed a Nen projectile and warned Razor that a hit to a vital spot could kill him.
• Razor recalled his Nen beasts, strengthened his defenses, and prepared to receive Leo’s projectile.
• Leo spiked the projectile at Razor, who dodged as it exploded behind him and carved a vast crater into the shore.
• Razor struggled to his feet, recognized Leo’s overwhelming strength, and conceded.

After losing to Leo, Razor answered his questions about Greed Island, confirming that its administrators could not leave while withholding the reason. Leo left after learning that Witch’s Rejuvenation Potion restored bodily condition, and told Razor that Ging’s son Gon had entered the game.

• Leo praised Razor after their fight, and the two returned to the seaside fortress lounge.
• Leo reasoned that Divine Script and other forces sustained Greed Island, and Razor acknowledged that his thinking was on the right track.
• Leo asked whether the administrators could leave, and Razor confirmed they could not but refused to explain why.
• Razor told Leo that Witch’s Rejuvenation Potion restored the body’s condition but did not extend lifespan.
• As Leo departed, he told Razor that Gon had entered Greed Island, and Razor remembered Ging’s instruction to fight his son without holding back.

Leo left Greed Island after giving Kastro, Nico, and Goreinu his cards, then raised his level by hunting creatures with Little Azure at Colton Ranch. Elsewhere, Sterling’s men found Purgatory, Hungry Ghost, and Asura, descendants of Black Shadow, and persuaded them to leave their hiding place with him.

• Leo contacted Kastro in Masadora, gave Kastro, Nico, and Goreinu his cards, and used [Leave] to return to Colton Manor.
• Dean reported that the ranch had collected more than thirty-five thousand creatures, and Leo went there the next morning to hunt with Little Azure.
• After three days of hunting and eating, Leo advanced from level 81 to level 82 while Little Azure became too full to eat more.
• In a remote frontier town, Purgatory, Hungry Ghost, and Asura noticed Sterling’s group searching for them with a pointer.
• Sterling identified the three as Black Shadow’s descendants and asked them to come with him; Purgatory led the way out, followed by Hungry Ghost and Asura.

Sterling persuaded Purgatory, Hungry Ghost, and Asura to help resurrect Jade in exchange for a chance at revenge against the Hunter Association. Ten days later, they performed a blood ritual in a desert stone formation, and a powerful, malicious presence began emerging from the central pillar.

• Sterling told Purgatory, Hungry Ghost, and Asura that V5 would help them appear openly if they resurrected Jade, and he invoked their clan’s persecution to urge them toward revenge.
• Purgatory, Hungry Ghost, and Asura accepted Sterling’s offer as he was leaving the shop.
• Ten days later, Asura led the group across the desert to a stone formation, where Sterling’s two white-robed subordinates began a Nen ritual.
• Purgatory, Hungry Ghost, and Asura cut their wrists and fed their blood into the central pillar, while the two white-robed figures sacrificed themselves to fuel it with Nen.
• The pillar cracked and released an immense, malicious presence as Sterling told Netero to enjoy his gift.