Chapter Summaries

Luo Ye deliberately presented Menchi with a charred pig dressed with soil and leaves, then gave it an absurd artistic explanation. Menchi failed every examinee in the second phase, while Luo Ye watched the resulting chaos with satisfaction.

• The examinees struggled to roast their pigs, while Leorio, Kurapika, Gon, Killua, and Luo Ye each prepared their dishes in different ways.
• Buhara accepted most of the examinees' food, but Menchi rejected every dish she tasted.
• Menchi failed Leorio's greasy pork, Kurapika's technically precise dish, and Gon and Killua's joint effort.
• Luo Ye served Menchi his charred pig with soil and leaves and described it as a symbolic work of art.
• Menchi declared the second phase a failure for everyone, and Luo Ye watched the uproar with a satisfied smile.

Menchi failed every examinee in the cooking test, but Chairman Netero arrived and ordered her to demonstrate the proper method before setting a new test. The examinees were taken to a rift to collect Spider Vulture eggs, and Luo Ye welcomed the dangerous challenge.

• Menchi declared that every examinee had failed, and Takuto charged at her before Buhara knocked him through the estate wall.
• Luo Ye praised the chaos, then Chairman Netero descended from an airship and confronted Menchi about failing everyone.
• Netero told Menchi to demonstrate the cooking test and set a new one with herself participating, and she agreed.
• Menchi led the examinees to a rift filled with Spider Vulture nests and announced that they would make boiled eggs using eggs from its depths.
• Luo Ye smiled at the dangerous scene and called it the extreme sports segment.

Menchi demonstrated how to collect Spider Vulture eggs from the ravine, then the examinees followed her example and climbed down through the webs. Luo Ye rescued Leorio from a Spider Vulture, gathered eggs, and returned with the others as the second test neared its end.

• Menchi jumped onto the spider silk, collected Spider Vulture eggs, and returned to the cliff to show the examinees how it was done.
• Gon jumped into the ravine, and Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio followed him.
• Luo Ye tipped backward off the cliff and fell toward the others among the webs.
• A Spider Vulture attacked Leorio, but Luo Ye landed in its path and stopped its beak with his back.
• Luo Ye collected eggs and used the spider silk to return to the cliff with Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio.

Luo Ye passed the second Hunter Exam test despite refusing to boil or eat his Spider Vulture egg, then scared his captive bird into laying another egg aboard the airship. Netero expressed interest in him as the candidates approached Trick Tower, the site of the third test.

• Luo Ye argued that obtaining a Spider Vulture egg and being present while the eggs were boiled fulfilled the assignment, and Menchi reluctantly let him pass.
• Forty-two candidates, including Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio, boarded the airship for the next test site.
• Luo Ye tried to coax his captive Spider Vulture, Little Black, into laying another egg, and the frightened bird produced one.
• Netero asked Luo Ye's name, praised his interesting Nen Ability and personality, and said he had high hopes for him.
• Luo Ye told Killua that Netero had given him a ticket to the third test as Trick Tower came into view.

Luo Ye and the other candidates began the third Hunter Exam phase in Trick Tower, where they had to cooperate to escape within seventy-two hours. After splitting into groups by vote, Luo Ye’s group faced a deadly five-on-five challenge, and Tonpa immediately surrendered, putting them behind.

• Lippo welcomed the candidates to Trick Tower and explained that they had seventy-two hours to reach the bottom alive.
• The candidates argued over which of two doors to choose, then voted for X and split into majority and minority groups.
• Luo Ye and his companions followed the X passage to an arena, where Lippo announced a five-on-five challenge against death-row inmates.
• Tonpa volunteered to fight the first prisoner but surrendered as soon as the match began, leaving the candidates trailing one match to zero.

After Tonpa surrendered, Gon stepped up and defeated Johnny the Dismemberer by challenging him to a candle-blowing contest, then using Johnny’s rage to make him fall from the platform. The score was tied one to one as Kurapika entered the third match.

• Tonpa’s surrender left the examinees demoralized, and Gon volunteered to fight.
• Gon challenged Johnny to a contest to blow out each other’s candle flame, then extinguished Johnny’s flame with a powerful breath.
• Johnny charged at Gon in a rage, and Gon dodged and tripped him, sending him over the platform’s edge.
• The score became one to one, the examinees cheered, and Kurapika stepped forward for the third match.

Kurapika defeated Machiff in a coin-guessing match after Machiff provoked him by threatening to collect his scarlet eyes, bringing the examinees within one win of victory. Leorio stepped forward to play the fourth match.

• Kurapika accepted Machiff’s proposal to decide their match by guessing heads or tails.
• Machiff described his desire to gouge out and collect the scarlet eyes of Kurapika’s people, enraging Kurapika and his companions.
• Kurapika’s eyes turned scarlet, and he took the real coin from Machiff’s hidden sleeve coin before correctly calling heads.
• Machiff collapsed in terror as Kurapika walked away, making the score two to one for the examinees.
• Leorio eagerly stepped onto the platform as the fourth match was about to begin.

Leorio challenged Liru to rock-paper-scissors and lost a fifty-hour wager, bringing the match score to two to two and leaving the examinees with less than twenty hours. The final match was about to decide everyone's fate.

• Leorio stepped forward, eager to win the third point for the examinees.
• Liru proposed rock-paper-scissors and baited Leorio into wagering fifty hours.
• Leorio threw rock while Liru threw paper, giving the prisoners the fourth match.
• The loudspeaker announced that fifty hours would be deducted, leaving the examinees with less than twenty hours.
• Leorio collapsed in despair as the score tied at two to two and the final match approached.

After Leorio’s mistake left the examinees with little time to escape, Killua killed Band instantly and secured their victory in the final match. The group continued through the passage, burdened by the loss of time and the grim path ahead.

• Leorio’s blunder left the examinees with only about fifty hours to escape, and the prisoners mocked them for running out of time.
• Band stepped forward for the deciding match, and Killua calmly accepted the challenge.
• Killua moved too fast for Band to follow and killed him with a single strike.
• The mechanical voice declared the examinees the winners, three matches to two, and the stone door opened.
• Killua kicked Leorio and told him to get up, while Gon, Kurapika, and Luo Ye followed him onward.
• The group walked through the dim passage in silence, knowing they were still short on time.

The group struggled with despair over their dwindling time and Leorio’s penalty until they reached a door that would not open for ten hours. Luo Ye discovered a hidden passage with a dangerous shortcut, leaving the group to choose between two routes.

• Leorio blamed himself for the delay, but Kurapika reminded everyone that they had less than twenty-two hours left and had not crossed a third of the tower.
• The group found a stone door marked to open in ten hours, and the other examinees blamed Leorio for their worsening chances.
• Luo Ye spotted a slightly lighter floor tile and accidentally triggered a hidden passage beneath it.
• A mechanical voice explained that one route was long but safe and the other was a dangerous shortcut, with the minority required to follow the majority.
• Leorio saw hope in the passage while Kurapika and Killua considered the choice.

The candidates chose the dangerous X route after the majority rejected Kurapika’s warning and Leorio blamed himself for wasting time. They descended into the dark passage, and the stone entrance sealed behind them.

• Kurapika warned that the X route’s slim survival chance could mean only one in ten candidates would live, but the scar-faced candidate argued it was better than certain failure on the safe route.
• Leorio, stung by the scar-faced candidate’s accusation, chose X and declared he would risk his life to atone for wasting everyone’s time.
• The majority of candidates gathered on the X side, forcing Kurapika, Killua, Gon, and Luo Ye to follow under the rule that the minority obeyed the majority.
• The O stairway sank away, and the candidates began descending the only remaining passage, with Luo Ye pulling the dazed Leorio along.
• A stone slab shut behind the group, sealing their way back as darkness swallowed them.

The examinees faced a corridor trap that killed anyone who crossed while another person was on the path, and Luo Ye explained how to pass safely. After everyone crossed, Luo Ye treated the deadly trap as a mere appetizer and anticipated what came next.

• The examinees slid into a dark corridor and read a sign warning that two people crossing together would die.
• The scarred examinee charged ahead, and others followed, triggering poisoned arrows that killed several examinees.
• Luo Ye explained that only one person could be on the stone path at a time, and Kurapika crossed first to demonstrate.
• The remaining examinees crossed one at a time, with Gon encouraging Leorio through his turn.
• Luo Ye crossed last, called the trap an appetizer, and wondered what the main course would bring.

Luo Ye and the others solved the candle riddle by noticing the yellow flame burned fastest in a draft, opening the next passage. Two surviving examinees were left behind, paralyzed by fear.

• The examinees entered a circular chamber containing four colored candles and a riddle about extinguishing one flame.
• A wiry man blew out the red candle and was burned to death by the heated floor.
• Luo Ye, Kurapika, and Gon noticed that the yellow candle burned fastest because of a draft beside it.
• Luo Ye blew out the yellow candle, and a hidden passage opened in the wall.
• Luo Ye led Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio into the passage, leaving the two terrified examinees behind.

The group faced a cavern crossing where most were directed toward a dangerous narrow gate, while Leorio chose a seemingly easy route that collapsed beneath him. Luo Ye rescued Leorio and carried him across, and the group reached the crevice as the third trial appeared close to ending.

• The group found a chasm crossed by an obstacle course, with a sign assigning the majority to the easy path and the minority to the narrow gate.
• Killua, Gon, and Kurapika crossed the obstacles toward the narrow gate, while Leorio chose the wide doorway’s route and its bridge broke beneath him.
• Luo Ye launched himself across the chasm using the swinging iron balls and rescued Leorio from the broken bridge.
• Luo Ye carried Leorio to the far side, where Killua, Gon, and Kurapika waited by the narrow crevice.
• The group saw a faint light within the crevice, suggesting the third trial was nearing its end.

Luo Ye and his companions waited out the final trial in a seemingly empty chamber before the stone door opened at the timer’s end. They emerged from Trick Tower as the only group to clear the shortcut, while Hisoka, Illumi, and other examinees had arrived by a different route.

• Luo Ye recognized the red circle and hidden timer as a patience test, while Leorio, Kurapika, Gon, and Killua waited in the chamber.
• The tower shook as explosions and screams came from the easy path, and the timer reached zero.
• The stone door opened, and Leorio, Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Luo Ye exited Trick Tower.
• Lippo congratulated the five and announced their time of seventy-one hours and fifty-nine minutes.
• Lippo explained that they were the only ones to survive the shortcut, while Hisoka, Illumi, and other examinees had taken a separate route.

After surviving the tower, Luo Ye and the other applicants boarded an airship and learned the fourth phase would be a seven-day badge-hunting game on ZIBI Sweat Island. Gon drew Hisoka as his prey, while Luo Ye drew Kurapika and noticed Pokkle seemed to have drawn him.

• Leorio blamed himself for the applicants who died, but Luo Ye told him that surviving the Hunter Exam mattered more than saving others.
• Lippo announced that the fourth phase's rules had been adjusted, and Beans arrived to escort the twenty-four surviving applicants to the airship.
• Beans explained that applicants had to earn six badge points within seven days on ZIBI Sweat Island, with stealing, deception, and killing all permitted.
• Gon drew Hisoka's badge number, 44, and hid the card after becoming frightened.
• Luo Ye drew Kurapika's number, 199, then noticed Pokkle avert his eyes and suspected Pokkle had drawn him as prey.

The applicants arrived at ZIBI Sweat Island for the final exam, where they had to hunt for one another’s number badges. Luo Ye encouraged Gon about drawing Hisoka, then landed on the island and loudly challenged Pokkle to find him.

• Luo Ye assessed the surviving applicants and singled out Pokkle as his lucky winner.
• Gon worried that he had drawn Hisoka, but Luo Ye reassured him and promised to intervene if Hisoka went too far.
• Luo Ye revealed that Kurapika was his target, while Kurapika refused his offer to trade badges.
• The applicants began jumping from the airship onto ZIBI Sweat Island.
• Luo Ye landed in a tree, ate an apple, and used Nen to call out to Pokkle and lure him toward his location.

Pokkle hid in a cave on ZIBI Sweat Island after drawing Luo Ye as his hunting target, but Luo Ye found him and challenged him to shoot three arrows. The chapter left Pokkle torn between fear and pride as he considered whether to accept.

• Pokkle recalled choosing to hide for seven days and collect three easy badges rather than hunt Luo Ye.
• Luo Ye tracked Pokkle to his cave and called him out.
• Luo Ye mocked Pokkle for hiding, prompting him to emerge with his bow aimed at Luo Ye.
• Luo Ye offered to let Pokkle shoot three arrows while he stood still, wagering his own badge and help against Pokkle's badge.
• Pokkle hesitated, caught between suspecting a trap and wanting to prove himself.

Luo Ye challenged Pokkle to attack him, but Pokkle’s arrows failed to injure or even reach him. After Pokkle lost the will to fight, Luo Ye took his number badge and left the cave.

• Pokkle decided to shoot Luo Ye and fired an armor-piercing arrow at his heart.
• Luo Ye’s chest repelled the arrow unharmed, and he taunted Pokkle to try again.
• Pokkle aimed a second arrow at Luo Ye’s eye, but Luo Ye caught and snapped it between his fingers.
• Pokkle dropped his bow and collapsed in despair, unable to fire his final arrow.
• Luo Ye took Pokkle’s number badge, 191, and walked out of the cave.

Luo Ye found Gon and Killua training to steal Hisoka’s badge and suggested using a ripe piece of fruit to distract him. The trio prepared to try his idea.

• Luo Ye left Pokkle behind and sensed Gon and Killua in the forest.
• Gon and Killua planned to steal Hisoka’s badge, deciding that fighting him directly was impossible.
• Killua trained Gon to use his fishing rod silently, and Gon finally hooked Killua’s badge before Killua caught the line.
• Luo Ye arrived and suggested distracting Hisoka with an exceptionally ripe piece of fruit.