Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye struggled against Wild Lion while Fei Lan and Lina were overwhelmed by Karen’s gang, but seeing Fei Lan wounded pushed Lin Ye to awaken full-body Armament Haki. He killed Wild Lion with one Ryuo-enhanced punch and turned his attention to Karen.

• Lin Ye dodged Wild Lion’s attacks and wounded him with Tempest Kick while searching for an opening.
• Fei Lan grew exhausted protecting Lina as Karen’s gang and its Nen users pressed their attack, and an enemy cut Fei Lan’s back.
• Wild Lion struck Lin Ye while Lin Ye was distracted by Fei Lan’s injury, sending him crashing into a courtyard wall.
• Lin Ye awakened full-body Armament Haki, then shattered Wild Lion’s axe and Nen defense with a Ryuo-enhanced punch that killed him.
• The gang members recoiled in fear as Lin Ye faced Karen and declared that she was next.

Fei Lan fought Karen despite his injuries and began detonating his Nen to kill him and protect Lin Ye and Lina. Lin Ye’s desperate resolve awakened the first signs of Conqueror’s Haki, and Fei Lan detonated his aura with Karen trapped in its reach.

• Karen entered the courtyard and challenged Fei Lan to settle their old grudge.
• Fei Lan handed Lin Ye the Revolver, then fought Karen with his long blade while Lin Ye guarded Lina and watched for danger.
• Karen exploited Fei Lan’s injured left arm and wounded him with toxin-coated Nen.
• Fei Lan began gathering his life energy to detonate his Nen, revealing that he meant to sacrifice himself so Lin Ye and Lina could escape.
• Lin Ye rushed toward Fei Lan, and his overwhelming will froze the gang members and Karen, showing the first signs of Conqueror’s Haki.
• Fei Lan told Lin Ye to care for Lina, turned toward the immobilized Karen, and detonated all his aura.

Fei Lan sacrificed himself by detonating his Nen, but Karen survived the blast, and Lin Ye killed him in revenge. After finding only Fei Lan’s Revolver and a scrap of his coat among the ruins, Lin Ye and Lina mourned him and vowed to leave Meteor City.

• Fei Lan detonated his Nen, leveling the courtyard, while Lin Ye shielded Lina from the blast and survived.
• Karen crawled from the rubble badly wounded, and Lin Ye killed him with Emperor Pistol for Fei Lan and his two uncles.
• Lin Ye searched the ruins and found Fei Lan’s Revolver and part of his trench coat, but no body.
• Lin Ye and Lina wept together, then Lin Ye built Fei Lan a gravestone and buried the keepsakes beside it.
• Lin Ye swore to protect Lina, leave Meteor City, take the Hunter Exam, and seek justice for Fei Lan and his uncles.

After Fei Lan’s death, Lin Ye escaped Meteor City with Lina and began building a new life in Yorknew City. The Phantom Troupe investigated the ruins and became interested in Lin Ye, while he resolved to grow stronger and prepare for the Hunter Exam.

• Lin Ye took Lina and flew out of Meteor City, escaping over its guarded wall after Fei Lan’s self-detonation drew attention to District 13.
• Uvogin and Nobunaga examined the ruins and learned that an eleven-year-old boy had killed Wild Lion and Karen; they discovered Lin Ye had already left and vowed they might meet him again.
• Lin Ye and Lina traveled to Yorknew City, where Lina saw the outside world for the first time and Lin Ye found them a hotel.
• Lin Ye deposited the Jenny taken from Karen and Wild Lion, then reflected on his plans to train, investigate Fei Lan’s betrayal, protect Lina, and take the Hunter Exam in four years.
• Lin Ye gripped Fei Lan’s revolver and vowed to become the strong man his master had hoped he would be.

After four years of training and investigating Fei Lan’s betrayal, Lin Ye prepared to take the Hunter Exam while Lina stayed in Yorknew City to pursue leads on Morin. Lin Ye left for Dole Island, beginning a journey that would bring him into contact with future companions and the Phantom Troupe.

• Lin Ye reviewed how he had spent four years mastering Nen, Haki, and the Six Powers while working as a bounty hunter and searching for Morin.
• Lina told Lin Ye she would stay in Yorknew City, where she had found leads suggesting Morin might appear at an underground auction.
• Lin Ye agreed to leave Lina behind, warned her not to confront Morin alone, and accepted the communicator and tracker she had made for him.
• Lin Ye packed Fei Lan’s Revolver and Lina’s supplies, shared a farewell dinner with her, and promised himself he would return safely.
• Before dawn, Lin Ye left Yorknew City for the port city of Dabo City and the Hunter Exam venue on Dole Island.

Lin Ye helped Leorio catch the ship to Dole Island, where they met Kurapika after Lin Ye exposed the truth about a missing bottle of wine. The three agreed to travel together for the Hunter Exam, while Lin Ye anticipated meeting Gon and Killua.

• Leorio arrived too late to board the ship, so Lin Ye used Sky Step to carry him onto its deck.
• Leorio thanked Lin Ye and told him about his dream of becoming a doctor, while Lin Ye shared that he was taking the Hunter Exam for his master's last wish.
• A merchant accused Kurapika of stealing his wine, and Leorio stepped in to defend him.
• Lin Ye told the merchant the wine was hidden in a concealed pocket of his suitcase, and the merchant found it there and apologized to Kurapika.
• Kurapika introduced himself, and he, Leorio, and Lin Ye agreed to travel together to the Hunter Exam.

Lin Ye, Leorio, Kurapika, Gon, and Killua joined forces to travel through the jungle toward the Hunter Exam venue. They found Hisoka attacking applicants, and Lin Ye confronted him, attracting Hisoka’s interest.

• Lin Ye warned Gon and Killua that the bus led to a trap, and they joined Lin Ye, Leorio, and Kurapika.
• The five traveled through the jungle together, using their skills to avoid dangers and reach the exam venue.
• Gon, Killua, and Lin Ye sensed fighting and blood ahead, and the group hurried toward the disturbance.
• The five found Hisoka killing applicants with playing cards, and Lin Ye ordered him to stop.
• Hisoka turned toward Lin Ye, recognized his formidable aura, and declared him an interesting target.

Lin Ye and his companions confronted Hisoka in the forest, where Lin Ye held off the magician’s test and earned his interest. The five reached Satotz, and the first phase of the Hunter Exam began as they set out on an eighty-kilometer run.

• Hisoka defended his killing of other candidates and challenged Lin Ye, Gon, Killua, Leorio, and Kurapika with his Nen pressure.
• Lin Ye evaded Hisoka’s attacks, escaped Bungee Gum, and nearly struck him with a Ryuo-infused punch before Hisoka withdrew.
• Hisoka praised Lin Ye as a promising fruit and left, while Lin Ye warned the group that Hisoka had only been testing him.
• The five continued through the forest, worked together to avoid traps, and reached the first exam site toward evening.
• Satotz explained that candidates had to follow him eighty kilometers to the second site, then began the first phase by sprinting ahead.

Lin Ye helped Leorio keep pace during the exhausting first phase of the Hunter Exam, guided him and Kurapika through a pitch-black tunnel, and led their group in stopping an ambush. The five emerged together, with Lin Ye recognizing that he wanted to use his strength to protect his companions as they continued the exam.

• Lin Ye slowed down to run beside the struggling Leorio, teaching him how to regulate his breathing while Kurapika joined them.
• Lin Ye used Observation Haki to guide Leorio and Kurapika through the dark tunnel, and the three caught up with Gon and Killua.
• Lin Ye warned the others about more than a dozen armed applicants hiding in a side passage and planned a counterattack with Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio.
• Lin Ye, Gon, and Killua disabled the ambushers while Kurapika and Leorio drew their attack, preventing them from harming other applicants.
• The five reached the tunnel exit together, where Satotz waited, and Lin Ye resolved to keep protecting his companions as they pursued their Hunter Licenses.

Lin Ye and his four companions passed the first phase of the Hunter Exam, where he exposed Tonpa’s tampered drinks and watched Satotz stop Hisoka from attacking an examiner. The surviving applicants arrived at the second-phase venue, and Lin Ye resolved to protect his friends as the doors opened.

• Satotz congratulated Lin Ye, Gon, Killua, Leorio, and Kurapika for finishing the eighty-kilometer first phase.
• Tonpa offered the group drinks laced with laxatives, but Lin Ye exposed the trap and drove him away.
• Hisoka threatened an assistant examiner after being told he could be disqualified, but Satotz intervened and the Exam Committee allowed Hisoka to continue with a warning.
• Satotz led the remaining applicants to an Air Bus after more than half the applicants failed to reach the finish line.
• The Air Bus carried Lin Ye and the other applicants to the second-phase venue, where Lin Ye silently vowed to pass the exam and protect his companions.

Lin Ye helped Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio pass Buhara’s Great Stamp braised-pork trial with his cooking skills. Menchi then began the sushi trial, leaving the group uncertain but reassured by Lin Ye’s confidence.

• Buhara told the applicants to catch a Great Stamp and cook braised pork within two hours.
• Lin Ye explained that a Great Stamp’s weak point was the base of its tusk, and Gon knocked one unconscious with a punch there.
• Lin Ye and his companions worked together to prepare braised pork, with Lin Ye leading the cooking.
• Buhara devoured Lin Ye’s dish and passed all five companions.
• Menchi announced that the next trial was to make sushi, and Lin Ye promised his companions they would pass.

Lin Ye taught Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio how to make sushi, and Menchi passed all five of them after praising Lin Ye’s dish. When the other applicants protested their failures, Chairman Isaac Netero voided the sushi test and Menchi set a new task in Grape Spider Valley, where the group headed to watch and help if needed.

• Lin Ye explained sushi and divided the cooking work among Killua, Kurapika, Leorio, and Gon.
• Menchi approved Lin Ye’s sushi and passed him and his four companions, while rejecting the other applicants’ dishes.
• The rejected applicants protested, and Menchi defended her test before Buhara urged her to reconsider.
• Isaac Netero arrived and persuaded Menchi to void the sushi test while preserving the five successful applicants’ results.
• Menchi assigned the applicants to collect and boil Grape Spider eggs within one hour, and Lin Ye’s group followed them toward the valley.

Lin Ye and his companions passed the Grape Spider egg trial, and Lin Ye rescued a poisoned examinee before the second phase ended with twenty-nine examinees remaining. After learning that Morin would appear at an underground auction in Yorknew City, Lin Ye arrived at Trick Tower with his companions to begin the third phase.

• Gon and Killua retrieved Grape Spider eggs and returned safely, while Lin Ye used Sky Step to rescue an examinee who had been bitten and was falling into the gorge.
• Twenty-nine examinees advanced after the Grape Spider trial, and Lin Ye called Lina, who told him Morin would appear at the Yorknew City Underground Auction in half a month.
• Lin Ye told Lina to wait for him, determined to capture Morin after completing the Hunter Exam and obtaining his Hunter License.
• The examinees arrived at Trick Tower, where Lippo explained that they had seventy-two hours to reach the exit at the tower's bottom.
• Lin Ye, Gon, Killua, Leorio, and Kurapika entered Trick Tower together as the third phase began.

Lin Ye and the other applicants cleared Trick Tower’s hidden entrance, majority-rule route choice, and candle challenge through teamwork, then reached a five-on-five duel against prisoners. Hisoka was among the opponents, setting up an unavoidable confrontation with Lin Ye.

• Gon discovered the hidden passage beneath the entrance floor, and the group entered Trick Tower’s majority-rule challenge.
• The five applicants unanimously chose door four, and Lin Ye guided them safely through its traps using Observation Haki.
• The group chose the shortest candle after Gon trusted his instincts, then worked together to locate the exit while the room’s traps activated.
• The applicants reached the central challenge and learned they had to win three individual duels against five prisoners.
• The group spotted Hisoka among the opposing contestants, and Lin Ye faced the prospect of fighting him.

Lin Ye’s group faced five dangerous prisoners in a series of one-on-one matches and won the stage after Kurapika, Killua, and Gon secured victories. Hisoka then challenged Lin Ye to a fight despite the stage already being over.

• Lin Ye’s group assigned Kurapika to fight Chahhu, Leorio to face Leilute, Killua to fight Shiba, Gon to fight Johnny, and Lin Ye to face Hisoka.
• Kurapika resisted Chahhu’s attacks until Chahhu provoked him about the Kurta Clan; Kurapika then broke Chahhu’s arm and defeated him, giving the examinees their first win.
• Leorio accepted Leilute’s wager about the previous match’s duration and lost when her guess came closest, tying the score.
• Killua defeated Shiba in the darkness by evading his bullets and snapping his neck, putting the examinees ahead.
• Gon adapted to Johnny’s knife-hand attacks and knocked him out with a powerful punch, securing the examinees’ overall victory.
• Hisoka approached Lin Ye after the stage ended and challenged him to fight.

Lin Ye fought Hisoka in a Nen sparring match, proving he could stand against a top fighter, and then passed the third phase of the Hunter Exam with his friends. On the way to the fourth phase, he learned Morin had joined the Phantom Troupe, setting up a confrontation tied to Kurapika’s revenge.

• Lin Ye accepted Hisoka’s challenge under rules forbidding death or permanent serious injury, and the two battled with their respective abilities.
• Lin Ye evaded Hisoka’s traps, endured his cards, and won a direct clash of strength, but Hisoka ended the match voluntarily, saying he would fight Lin Ye again when he had fully matured.
• Examiner Lippo announced that Lin Ye, Gon, Killua, Leorio, and Kurapika had passed the third phase; after the time limit, fifteen applicants boarded the Air Bus for the fourth phase.
• Lin Ye called Lina, who told him that Morin had joined the Phantom Troupe as a peripheral member and would accompany them at the Yorknew City Underground Auction.
• Kurapika heard the news about Morin, and Lin Ye promised to help him settle the debt with Morin and the Phantom Troupe as they approached Zebira Island.

Lin Ye and his friends passed the fourth phase of the Hunter Exam by collecting badges and reaching the rendezvous point. After Illumi Zoldyck appeared among the successful candidates, Killua revealed that his eldest brother had come to take him home, setting up a confrontation in the final phase.

• Lin Ye learned that Tonpa was his target, then teamed up with Kurapika and Leorio to take Tonpa's badge, defeat Chahhu, and secure Bodoro's badge.
• Gon and Killua watched Hisoka, and Gon took Hisoka's badge during an ambush by four other candidates; Hisoka let him keep it.
• Lin Ye, Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio reached the rendezvous point, and nine candidates passed the phase after the six-hour limit ended.
• Lin Ye recognized Illumi Zoldyck among the successful candidates, and Killua froze when he saw his eldest brother.
• Killua told his friends that Illumi had come to take him home, and Lin Ye, Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio promised to stand by him.

The final Hunter Exam tournament began, and Gon, Lin Ye, and Kurapika won their matches after Hanzo, Tonpa, and Hisoka conceded. Killua killed Bodoro under Illumi’s influence and was disqualified, prompting Gon and his friends to vow to bring him back from the Zoldyck Family; the exam ended with seven licenses awarded.

• Netero explained the single-elimination tournament and drew the match bracket, giving Illumi a bye and a guaranteed Hunter License.
• Gon endured Hanzo’s attacks until Hanzo conceded, earning Gon the first Hunter License.
• Tonpa surrendered immediately to Lin Ye, and Hisoka surrendered to Kurapika so he could enter the losers’ bracket.
• Killua knocked Bodoro unconscious, but Illumi’s words drove him to kill Bodoro; Netero disqualified Killua and permanently barred him from future exams.
• Illumi took Killua away, and Lin Ye, Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio vowed to go to the Zoldyck Family and bring him back.
• Hisoka earned a license in the losers’ bracket, while Tonpa was eliminated; the seven licenses went to Gon, Lin Ye, Kurapika, Hisoka, Hanzo, Bodoro, and Illumi.

After earning their Hunter Licenses, Lin Ye and his friends planned to rescue Killua from the Zoldyck Family, while Lin Ye returned to Yorknew City to reunite with Lina and investigate Morin. The chapter ended with Lin Ye leaving for the Republic of Padokea, knowing that the Zoldyck Family, Morin, and the Phantom Troupe lay ahead.

• Lin Ye celebrated receiving his Hunter License with Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio, and they agreed to travel to the Zoldyck Family to bring Killua back.
• Lin Ye learned through the Hunter Association's intelligence network that Morin had masterminded Fei Lan's betrayal and would be with the Phantom Troupe during Yorknew City's Underground Auction.
• Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio departed for the Republic of Padokea, while Lin Ye flew to Yorknew City and reunited with Lina.
• Lin Ye told Lina about his plans, arranged security for her, and prepared to leave while she continued investigating Morin.
• Lina gave Lin Ye a modified Communicator with a tracker, and Lin Ye boarded an airship for the Republic of Padokea to join his friends.

Lin Ye prepared to leave Yorknew City for Padokea, promising Lina he would return and warning her to stay away from the Underground Auction. Aboard the airship, he asserted his strength against a threatening passenger and focused on training before reaching Kukuroo Mountain to find Killua and reunite with Gon.

• Lina served Lin Ye a farewell dinner and warned him about Morin's secret dealings with the Underground Auction.
• Lin Ye told Lina to remain inside under Hunter Association protection while he traveled to Padokea and prepared his weapons and supplies.
• Five days later, Lin Ye said goodbye to Lina and boarded the airship for Padokea.
• A veteran Nen user challenged Lin Ye aboard the airship, but Lin Ye concealed his aura and intimidated the man into backing down.
• Lin Ye trained Ten, Zetsu, Ren, and his special abilities as the airship carried him toward Kukuroo Mountain and his reunion with Gon and Killua.