Chapter Summaries

Leo and Kalluto tracked the paper figure to Pharos First Farm, where Leo captured Asher before he could react. After their commission ended, Kalluto parted ways with Leo, who planned to question Asher about the Doctor's Base.

• Kalluto asked Leo how he had become so strong, and Leo told him that everyone had their own path and encouraged him to trust his potential.
• Asher arrived at Pharos First Farm and bought all its livestock, despite the Doctor's warning to spread out his purchases.
• The paper figure led Leo and Kalluto to the farm, where Leo used Final Moment to rush in and knock Asher unconscious.
• Leo took Asher captive and left the farm with him while the owner wondered where his customer had gone.
• Kalluto said goodbye to Leo and walked away, and Leo headed toward the airport with Asher to question him about the Doctor's Base.

Leo brought Asher to Hunter Association Headquarters and began interrogating him to learn the location of Doctor's base. Asher remained defiant as Leo escalated to torture, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Leo carried the sleeping Asher into the Hunter Association's underground interrogation room.
• Asher woke restrained to a chair, gagged, and unable to use his teleportation ability.
• Mizai Istom formally asked Asher to cooperate, but Asher continued struggling and refused to respond.
• Leo punched Asher, inflicting severe pain, and demanded that he answer their questions.
• Leo removed Asher's gag, then covered his face with a towel and poured water over it while Asher struggled to breathe.

Leo and Mizai Istom interrogated Asher, who revealed the Doctor's hidden island base, its defenses, and his own teleportation ability. After the interrogation, Leo left to prepare for the next move against the Doctor before she could become suspicious and escape.

• Leo waterboarded Asher until he agreed to answer questions.
• Asher revealed that the Doctor's underground base was on an unmapped island between the southern Ulubian Continent and the Mitene Union, guarded by over four hundred armed personnel and five Nen users.
• Asher described the base's imprisoned test subjects, the Doctor's research involving the Styx Stone, and his Dimensional Teleportation ability.
• Mizai Istom recorded the island's coordinates and details about the base, its guards, and the Doctor's routine as Asher answered further questions.
• After the interrogation, Leo knocked Asher unconscious and told Mizai Istom to get the boat ready before he left.

Leo assembled a team to attack the Doctor's Base, calling Sophia, Shizuku, and Kastro to the Hunter Association. Hisoka joined them uninvited, and the group set out to prepare for a nighttime departure.

• Leo considered recruiting Asher for his teleportation ability but decided to observe him before trusting him.
• Leo called Sophia and Shizuku, Kastro, and Nico to arrange a gathering; Goreinu said he was recovering and wanted to join Leo's team after he healed.
• Two days later, Sophia, Shizuku, and Kastro met Leo at a restaurant, and Hisoka tagged along without being invited.
• Leo told the group they were going to kill people who deserved to die, and Hisoka eagerly asked to join them.
• Leo said they would leave that night, then led Sophia, Shizuku, Kastro, and Hisoka toward the Hunter Association headquarters.

Leo and Mizai Istom sailed toward the Doctor’s island, while the Doctor used the Styx Stone to drain the blood from thousands of captive creatures. The yacht continued toward its destination as the Doctor’s plan neared completion.

• Leo told Mizai Istom that the Doctor would die if she fell into his hands, while agreeing that Mizai Istom could take her to trial if he captured her.
• Hisoka watched Leo and Mizai Istom from the yacht’s roof and looked forward to facing the Doctor.
• Before departure, Leo took Asher from the interrogation room so he could guide them to the Doctor’s base and witness her death.
• The Doctor activated the Styx Stone and drained the blood from thousands of caged creatures, killing them all and filling most of the gem.
• The Doctor declared the Styx Stone nearly complete as Leo’s yacht continued across the sea.

Leo went ashore alone to scout the island and confirmed it was safe before Asher opened a portal for the others. Asher revealed the base entrance was heavily guarded and secured behind a disguised alloy gate with multiple authentication checks.

• Leo decided to land alone and asked Asher to prepare a teleportation anchor while the others waited on the yacht.
• Asher charged the metal plate with nen aura and gave it to Leo, who leaped into the sea and swam toward the island.
• Leo used En to search the shore, found no signs of people or surveillance, and called Mizai Istom to open the portal.
• Hisoka, Sophia, Shizuku, Kastro, and Mizai Istom stepped through the portal to join Leo on the island.
• Asher described the concealed entrance near a red tree and explained that guards, cameras, a reinforced alloy gate, and several authentication checks protected it.

Leo led the group in a direct assault on the island base, smashing through its concealed entrance and overwhelming the guards. As Elliott ordered the base to resist and rushed to find the Doctor, Leo continued deeper inside, breaking through another door.

• Leo rejected Mizai Istom’s caution and led Sophia, Shizuku, Kastro, Hisoka, and Mizai Istom toward the hidden base entrance as the island alarm sounded.
• Leo unleashed his Super Destruction Punch, shattering the alloy door and killing the security personnel inside the entrance passage.
• Elliott ordered the base to combat readiness and told staff to alert Ivan, Gleb, Sergei, and Natasha, but Leo’s gaze and advancing assault left the surveillance room paralyzed as the camera feeds went dark.
• Elliott fled deeper into the base to warn the Doctor that the intruder was a monster.
• Leo advanced through the corridors, leaving guards behind, and smashed through another door as Sophia and the others caught up.

The Doctor completed the Styx Stone and prepared to unleash her final creation, Zero, as intruders breached the base. On the first level, Leo split his group between the elevator and stairs to attack the second level from two routes.

• The Doctor learned that intruders had broken through the entrance and ordered Elliott to have Victor release every test subject except Zero.
• The Doctor entered Zero’s chamber, drained the cultivation tank, activated the base’s defenses, and used her ability on Zero despite its remaining consciousness.
• Leo killed his way through the first level and reunited with Sophia, Shizuku, Kastro, Hisoka, Mizai Istom, and Asher by the elevator and stairwell.
• Leo sent Sophia and the others down the stairs while he took the elevator, telling them to leave no enemies alive.
• Hisoka dashed into the stairwell ahead of Sophia and the others, eager to reach the fighting.

Leo defeated more than fifty guards on the second level, then split up with his companions to search for the Doctor and the route to the third level. Hisoka explored the far-right passage, where he swiftly killed three tentacle-covered monsters and continued toward more roars.

• Leo survived a barrage of gunfire and grenades, then killed more than fifty guards by hurling rubble at them.
• Hisoka arrived after the fight, and Leo told him to search a different passage for enemies.
• Asher explained that the four passages led to the research lab, so Mizai Istom assigned the group to split up and search for the Doctor.
• Hisoka entered the far-right passage and killed more than a dozen guards with playing cards.
• Hisoka killed three monsters by striking the red bugs embedded in their foreheads, then headed toward more roars.

Leo fought and killed Experimental Subject Number Three, the Blood Centipede, in the second level's central chamber. He then smashed through the floor and plunged into the third level with Asher, leaving the others to continue their battles above.

• Sophia and Shizuku, Mizai Istom and Kastro, and Hisoka killed guards and monsters as they advanced through separate passages.
• Leo broke into a corpse-filled chamber and found the enormous Blood Centipede, while Asher recognized it as Experimental Subject Number Three.
• Leo repeatedly destroyed the Blood Centipede's head until it ran out of body segments and died.
• Leo realized the third level was beneath the chamber and decided to break through the floor instead of searching for an entrance.
• Leo smashed the second-level floor with a powerful Nen-enhanced punch and fell into the third level with Asher as the others felt the tremors.

Leo and Asher searched the corpse-filled third level for the Doctor and learned that the dangerous test subject Zero was held there. On the second level, Sophia and Shizuku fought Sergei and Natasha before Sophia used her ability to teleport herself, Shizuku, and Natasha away.

• Leo and Asher reached the third level, where thousands of creatures lay dried up around the remains of the broken floor.
• Asher told Leo that only Elliott and Layard had clearance for the third level and that the powerful test subject Zero had once killed guards and Nen users.
• Leo and Asher headed toward a metal door to search the third level for the Doctor.
• Sophia and Shizuku faced Sergei, Natasha, and more than thirty armed guards in a room on the second level.
• Shizuku used Blinky to suck up Natasha's pursuing steel needles, while Sophia protected her from Natasha's daggers.
• Sophia marked Shizuku and Natasha, then teleported all three women away before Sergei and the guards could attack.

Mizai Istom and Kastro battled Ivan and Gleb while Hisoka faced Elliott, whose Nen beast reduced the damage he took. Hisoka seized one of the beast’s spheres and realized Elliott feared what would happen if he crushed it.

• Mizai Istom and Kastro engaged Ivan and Gleb, while guards’ bullets failed to penetrate their Nen Aura defenses.
• Ivan blasted a hole through the wall with a massive Nen projectile, forcing Mizai Istom to retreat and giving Ivan time to regain his distance.
• Hisoka confronted Elliott near the laboratory entrance and discovered that Elliott’s Nen beast reduced the damage he sustained.
• Hisoka injured the Nen beast with a playing card and snatched the sphere it released before Elliott could take it.
• Hisoka held the sphere and threatened to crush it, while Elliott tensed with visible concern.

Leo fought through the Doctor’s defenses to reach Zero’s containment chamber, surviving a Super Bomb trap and healing his injuries before breaking through the reinforced wall. The blood-red cocoon in the cultivation tank burst open as Leo’s final punch brought down the wall.

• Leo and Asher reached the chamber marked with a red “0,” and Leo destroyed three metal doors with his punches.
• The Doctor’s Super Bombs detonated when Leo entered the chamber, badly injuring him and blasting Asher into a wall.
• Leo activated Final Moment to heal completely within three minutes, then found the cultivation tank protected by five-meter-thick alloy walls.
• Leo doubled his strength and battered the alloy wall while the cocoon inside the tank trembled and developed cracks.
• Leo unleashed Super Destruction Punch, collapsing the wall as the blood-red cocoon burst open and a blurry human figure flashed past.

Leo confronted the Doctor after she fused with Zero using her Nen ability, Perfect Harmony, and the Styx Stone. Newly empowered and intent on ushering in a New World, the Doctor faced Leo as they both launched into battle.

• The Doctor emerged transformed, and Leo recovered from her attack while Asher recognized her and warned Leo that something was wrong.
• The Doctor regained her memories, celebrated her power, and declared that she would kill those at the top and usher in a New World.
• A flashback revealed that the Doctor had fused herself with Zero using Perfect Harmony and the Styx Stone after Leo's team forced her to act early.
• The Doctor resolved to test her new body's strength against Leo, who approached her with murderous intent.
• Leo unleashed his Nen Aura, and he and the Doctor moved to attack each other.

Leo fought Doctor in the Empty while the Styx Stone fueled her recovery and helped her grow stronger with every exchange. Asher fled toward the second floor as the battle intensified, leaving Leo and Doctor still locked in combat.

• Leo and Doctor traded powerful blows, but their wounds healed quickly, and Leo realized the Styx Stone was replenishing Doctor's energy.
• Leo used increased agility to dodge Doctor's tentacles and land a series of heavy attacks, but Doctor began keeping pace and striking back hard enough to draw his blood.
• Asher watched the battle from the ruins, then forced himself up and staggered toward the second floor to escape the aftershocks.
• Doctor recognized that her body was evolving during the fight and declared that battling Leo was making her stronger.
• Leo and Doctor charged at each other again, exchanging punches and tentacle strikes as the Empty shook around them.

Leo and the Doctor continued their destructive battle, with Leo using his superior fighting skills to overpower her despite her regeneration and growing strength. Their fight broke into the second level, where the Doctor summoned the test subjects and forced everyone into a chaotic melee as Leo and the Doctor clashed again.

• Leo increased his strength with Conversion and struck the Doctor hard enough to send her crashing through several walls, while she continued regenerating.
• Asher reached Sophia, Shizuku, Kastro, Mizai Istom, and Hisoka on the second level and warned them that the Doctor had fused with Zero and was fighting Leo below.
• The floor collapsed beneath the group, and Leo and the Doctor burst through from the third level, both bloodied but rapidly healing.
• The Doctor sent out a pulse that drove the test subjects across the facility berserk and toward the group.
• Sophia, Shizuku, Kastro, Mizai Istom, and Hisoka fought off the attacking monsters while Leo and the Doctor resumed their battle.

Leo shattered the Doctor’s Styx Stone, but its released life energy suddenly drained his Nen and drew him into danger. The Doctor absorbed energy from the test subjects and corpses, overwhelming the others as Hisoka was badly wounded.

• Leo exploited an opening in the Doctor’s tentacle attacks and shattered the Styx Stone with a Nen-enhanced punch.
• The tattoo on Leo’s hand absorbed the gem’s released life energy, forcing him into Zetsu, and the Doctor struck him into a collapsing wall.
• Sophia, Mizai Istom, Shizuku, Kastro, and Hisoka saw Leo disappear beneath the rubble and feared he was dead.
• The Doctor pierced nearby test subjects and corpses with her tentacles, absorbed their life energy, and renewed her strength.
• Hisoka attacked the Doctor with Bungee Gum and razor-sharp playing cards, but her scales resisted his strikes.
• The Doctor severed Hisoka’s right arm and broke his breastbone, sending him crashing into rubble.

Leo emerged from the rubble transformed by the Styx Stone’s life energy and defeated the Doctor’s attempt to usher in a new era. After ordering his allies to escape, he fought the Doctor across the collapsing island, leaving her mangled as she crashed back to the ground.

• Leo’s awakening restored him to peak condition, evolved Proof of Humanity, and gave him immense but temporary power from the Styx Stone.
• Leo kicked the Doctor through several walls, then ordered Asher to open a portal so the others could leave the island.
• After his allies escaped, the Doctor crawled from the rubble and attacked Leo, who tore off her tentacles and arm and smashed her head.
• Leo hurled the Doctor through the underground levels and pursued her above ground as the island began to collapse.
• Leo struck the Doctor into the sky and then drove her headless body back into the ground like a meteor.

Leo killed the Doctor by destroying the island with a massive blast, then returned to the yacht and reunited with his companions. He asked Hisoka to withdraw the Nen from his severed arm, suggesting he could treat it with his newly awakened ability.

• Leo gathered the Styx Stone's life energy into a huge sphere and struck the island, killing the Doctor and causing the island to sink.
• Leo's level rose from 72 to 73, and he plunged into the sea before racing across the water back to the yacht.
• Leo told the group that the Doctor was dead, reassured Kastro that they were a team, and agreed with Mizai Istom to head back.
• Leo approached the injured Hisoka, took his severed arm, and told him to withdraw the Nen because he had a way to help.

Leo tested his healing ability by restoring Hisoka’s severed arm and broken ribs, then spared Asher and ordered him to atone by working with the Hunter Association. The group sailed back toward the Hunter Association with Asher in custody and under Sophia’s watch.

• Leo used his ability to regenerate Hisoka’s arm and repair his broken ribs, astonishing everyone and consuming 30% of his life energy.
• Hisoka reacted to the regeneration with intense, ecstatic excitement while Leo told the group to head back.
• Asher offered himself for punishment, but Leo asked whether he had massacred civilians and decided not to kill him.
• Leo ordered Asher to report to the Hunter Association and work with Sophia and the others under her supervision.
• Asher agreed to atone for his crimes, and the group sailed toward the Hunter Association.