Chapter Summaries

After the Hunter Exam, Gon, Kurapika, Leorio, and Luo Ye used the Hunter Website to learn that the Zoldyck Family lived on Kukuroo Mountain in the Republic of Padokea. Luo Ye planned a team-building trip there to bring Killua back, and the group set off aboard a Hunter Association airship.

• Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio worried about how to find Killua, and Kurapika used his Hunter License to access the Hunter Website.
• Kurapika found information stating that the Zoldyck Family lived on Kukuroo Mountain in the Republic of Padokea.
• Luo Ye noticed that photographs of Zoldyck Family members could earn at least a hundred million Jenny.
• Luo Ye prepared a team-building itinerary featuring the Testing Gate, the family’s Magical Beast Mike, the butlers, and Killua’s relatives.
• Luo Ye led Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio onto the Hunter Association airship bound for the Republic of Padokea.

Gon, Kurapika, Leorio, and Luo Ye arrived in Dentora and found that the Zoldyck Family’s home had become a tourist attraction. Their sightseeing trip ended in terror when Mike appeared with the remains of intruders, while Luo Ye eyed the enormous watchdog hungrily.

• Gon, Kurapika, Leorio, and Luo Ye left the airport and discovered a Zoldyck-themed tour bus and souvenir shop in Dentora.
• Luo Ye bought souvenirs, dressed his companions in sightseeing caps, and led them onto the Kukuroo Mountain tour bus.
• The tour guide showed the group the Testing Gate, where Leorio and Kurapika tried and failed to push open the outer gate.
• Scarface and his men tried the gate, then climbed the wall and were attacked by Mike.
• Mike appeared over the wall with two intruders’ lower bodies in his jaws, and Luo Ye smiled as he considered the watchdog tasty.

Gon and his companions tried to enter the Zoldyck Family home to find Killua by pushing open the Testing Gate. After watching their determination, Zebro offered to teach them how to open it properly.

• After the gang fled and Zebro cleaned up the remains, Gon told him they had come to find Killua.
• Zebro explained that the Testing Gate’s first gate weighed four tons and challenged them to push it open.
• Gon repeatedly strained against the gate until his palms bled, but it did not move.
• Luo Ye urged Leorio and Kurapika to join Gon, and the four pushed together without success.
• Zebro watched the boys’ efforts, then came outside and offered to teach them the proper way to open the gate.

Zebro trained Gon, Leorio, Kurapika, and Luo Ye in fifty-kilogram weighted vests and warned them about the dangers guarding the Zoldyck estate. After seeing Mike and learning the gate did not have to be opened alone, Luo Ye proposed training to combine their strength.

• Zebro gave the four weighted vests, and Luo Ye adapted to the fifty-kilogram load almost immediately.
• Over several days, Leorio and Kurapika struggled with the vests, Gon trained eagerly, and Luo Ye relaxed after adapting.
• Zebro warned them that the Zoldyck servants and guards were dangerous, then showed them Mike, the family’s lethal guard dog.
• After Leorio and Kurapika adjusted to the weights, Luo Ye asked whether the Testing Gate had to be opened by one person alone.
• Zebro said it did not, so Luo Ye proposed that the four train together to combine their strength and open the gate.

Luo Ye, Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio trained as a team for two weeks before joining forces to open the four-ton Testing Gate. They entered the Zoldyck estate, where Zebro warned them that Canary awaited beyond the gate.

• Luo Ye led the team through grueling drills, and the four coordinated their efforts to push a boulder while wearing weighted suits.
• After two weeks, Zebro told the four to prove their strength by opening the Testing Gate.
• Luo Ye counted down, and the four pushed the four-ton gate open together.
• Leorio celebrated with Kurapika, while Gon smiled at the path ahead and Zebro warned them about Canary, the Zoldyck Family's loyal apprentice butler.
• The four entered through the gate, which closed behind them.

Gon repeatedly crossed the line guarding the Zoldyck estate and endured Canary’s blows, insisting that he had come to see his friend Killua. His stubbornness stirred memories of Killua in Canary, and she began to waver.

• Kurapika and Luo Ye noticed that the silent path to the Zoldyck estate smelled unnaturally clean as the group approached.
• Canary blocked the path, warned that outsiders would die if they crossed her white line, and refused to let Gon see Killua.
• Gon crossed the line and Canary struck him unconscious, but he woke and crossed again.
• Gon repeatedly crossed the line and was knocked back, each time saying that he had come to see his friend.
• Canary’s hand trembled as she remembered Killua asking to make a friend, and Luo Ye saw that she was beginning to falter.

Gon, Leorio, Kurapika, and Luo Ye faced Killua’s mother, Kikyo, after she shot Canary for helping them. Luo Ye provoked Kikyo and declared they would take Killua back, and Kalluto prepared to fight.

• Canary wavered in her loyalty as Gon repeatedly got up and insisted they had come to see their friend.
• A Nen bullet fired from the woods struck Canary in the shoulder, and Gon rushed to help her while Leorio and Kurapika took defensive positions.
• Kikyo and Kalluto emerged, and Kikyo condemned Canary and accused Gon and his friends of corrupting Killua.
• Gon challenged Kikyo’s control over Killua, and she insisted that friends would weaken him and that she alone knew what was best.
• Luo Ye mocked Kikyo’s parenting and said the group would take Killua back, prompting her to order Kalluto to attack.
• Kalluto gathered Nen around his paper fan as a fight began to loom.

Gotoh intervened to stop Kikyo from attacking Luo Ye and Gon, then tested the boys before allowing them to see Killua. Gon realized the coin was in neither of Gotoh’s hands, and Luo Ye spotted it in an apprentice butler’s pocket, so Gotoh welcomed them to the Zoldyck Family home.

• Gotoh arrived with Silva’s orders, stopped Kikyo, and sent her and Kalluto back to the main house.
• Gotoh ordered the apprentice butlers to take the wounded Canary away, then led Gon, Luo Ye, Leorio, and Kurapika to the butlers’ building.
• Gotoh told the boys they had to pass his coin game before they could see Killua, and Leorio and Kurapika both guessed incorrectly.
• Gon deduced that the coin was in neither of Gotoh’s hands, and Luo Ye pointed out that it was in an apprentice butler’s left pants pocket.
• Gotoh praised Gon and Luo Ye’s observation and welcomed all four boys to the Zoldyck Family home.

Silva released Killua from confinement after hearing about his friendship with Gon and making him swear not to betray his friends. Killua learned Gon and the others were waiting for him and spoke with Gon by phone, leaving the friends ready to reunite.

• Gotoh served Luo Ye, Leorio, Gon, and Kurapika tea after they passed the butler’s test.
• Silva freed Killua from his chains and asked him about his trip and his friend Gon.
• Killua told Silva about his adventures with Gon and insisted that he wanted to see him.
• Silva made Killua swear never to betray his friends, then sent him to meet them.
• Gotoh received a call from Killua, and Gon excitedly told him they had come to bring him back.

Gon, Killua, Kurapika, Leorio, and Luo Ye successfully left the Zoldyck Family’s territory after rescuing Killua. On the way to the airport, Leorio told the others he would part ways with them to prepare for medical school.

• Gon reunited with Killua, and Leorio welcomed him back while Kurapika watched.
• Luo Ye declared the rescue mission a success and gave Killua a figurine as a team-building souvenir.
• Gotoh escorted the group down the mountain, where Zebro saw Killua off.
• The five pushed open the Testing Gate together, and Killua looked back at Kukuroo Mountain before rejoining his friends.
• Leorio told Gon and Killua he would return to prepare for the medical school entrance exam, and Luo Ye led everyone toward the airport.

Leorio said goodbye to Gon, Kurapika, Killua, and Luo Ye at the Padokea airport before leaving to pursue medical school. The others decided to head to Heavens Arena to earn money and seek information, while Luo Ye eagerly treated it as a chance to get paid for fighting and evolving.

• Leorio accepted Luo Ye’s candy severance package, said goodbye to his companions, and departed for the ticket checkpoint.
• Kurapika said he needed a large amount of money to search Yorknew City’s underground auction for his clan’s stolen Scarlet Eyes.
• Killua proposed going to Heavens Arena, where they could earn prize money and possibly find information about the Phantom Troupe.
• Kurapika agreed to go, and Gon enthusiastically joined the plan.
• Luo Ye declared Heavens Arena the studio’s next commercial project and urged everyone to set out for its fighters and rewards.

Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Luo Ye registered at Heavens Arena and fought placement matches for access to higher floors. Gon, Killua, and Kurapika each earned entry to the fiftieth floor, while Luo Ye got the same result by letting his opponent exhaust and injure himself.

• Killua led Gon, Kurapika, and Luo Ye through registration, where Luo Ye listed staging accidents for compensation as his specialty.
• Gon defeated a burly opponent with a gentle push and earned a keycard to the fiftieth floor.
• Killua swiftly knocked out his agile opponent, then Kurapika defeated a whip-wielding fighter using precise strikes with his scabbard; both earned fiftieth-floor access.
• Luo Ye let his opponent pummel him without injury until the brute exhausted himself and could no longer fight.
• The referee declared Luo Ye the winner and gave him a keycard to the fiftieth floor.

Luo Ye, Gon, Killua, and Kurapika rapidly climbed Heavens Arena, earning prize money and spending it in different ways. On the hundredth floor, they met Zushi, a young martial artist beginning to use Nen, and Killua discovered he would face him next.

• Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Luo Ye easily defeated their opponents on the lower floors and reached the hundredth floor within days.
• Luo Ye enjoyed his new massage chair, Killua bought discontinued chocolates, Gon saved money for Aunt Mito, and Kurapika purchased access to an underground intelligence network.
• Luo Ye suggested the group watch the other competitors, and they saw Zushi practicing martial arts in the public lounge.
• Luo Ye sensed that Zushi had begun developing Nen, while Kurapika observed his disciplined technique.
• Killua found that the next match was against Zushi on the hundred and first floor, and Luo Ye led the group to watch.

Killua fought Zushi in the 101st-floor arena and struggled to overcome the invisible Aura protecting him. After Zushi’s master stopped him from using his power, Killua knocked him out and won, while Luo Ye decided to meet the master, Wing.

• Killua knocked Zushi down with a precise strike, but Zushi got back up and demanded to continue.
• Killua struck Zushi hard in the stomach, but Zushi rose again, protected by an invisible layer of Aura.
• Killua used Rhythm Echo and prepared to attack Zushi, but Zushi unleashed a powerful presence that reminded Killua of Illumi.
• Wing ordered Zushi to stop using his power, and Zushi’s Aura vanished as he bowed to his master.
• Killua kicked the unguarded Zushi unconscious and won the match.
• Luo Ye recognized Wing as a Nen mentor and took Gon backstage to meet him and Killua.

Killua and the others questioned Wing about the strange power Zushi had used, but Wing disguised it as spiritual cultivation. Luo Ye pretended to believe him and urged the group to climb Heavens Arena until they reached the two-hundredth floor, where the truth might be revealed.

• Killua confronted Wing about the pressure he had sensed from Zushi, and Wing claimed it came from a breathing technique.
• Wing described Zushi's power as Ren and invented explanations for its Four Major Principles.
• Luo Ye loudly praised Wing as a master, convincing Gon to join in while Kurapika remained suspicious.
• Killua stayed doubtful, and Luo Ye suggested they reach the two-hundredth floor to learn the truth.
• The four advanced through Heavens Arena's lower floors with easy victories as Zushi slowly progressed under Wing's orders not to use his true power.

Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Luo Ye reached the 200th floor, where Hisoka blocked their path with overwhelming Nen pressure. As registration time ran short and the group remained unable to advance, Wing and Zushi arrived.

• The four contestants accepted black keycards on the 190th floor and rode the exclusive elevator to the 200th floor.
• Gon, Killua, and Kurapika were pinned by an invisible wall of Nen pressure, while Luo Ye pretended to be too weak to move.
• Hisoka emerged from the shadows and warned the group that they were not qualified to pass, as the registration deadline approached.
• Gon tried to press forward, Killua considered retreating, and Kurapika held his ground while Luo Ye teased Hisoka.
• Wing and Zushi stepped out of the elevator behind them.

Wing revealed the true principles of Nen and prepared to force open Gon, Killua, and Kurapika’s aura nodes so they could learn Ten before registration closed. Luo Ye demonstrated that he already possessed immense control over Nen and asked Wing to exempt him from the lesson.

• Wing led Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Luo Ye away from Hisoka, then admitted he had lied about Nen and explained Ten, Zetsu, Ren, and Hatsu.
• Wing warned that forcing their aura nodes open could kill them if they failed to learn Ten quickly, but Gon, Killua, and Kurapika agreed to proceed.
• Wing called Luo Ye to join the lesson, but Luo Ye resisted and demonstrated a tiny, precisely controlled ball of Nen that overwhelmed everyone in the room.
• Luo Ye drew the Nen back into his body and asked Wing to exempt him from the class.

Luo Ye revealed his Nen to Wing as Gon, Killua, and Kurapika underwent an intensive lesson and learned Ten. The four reached the two hundredth floor, passed Hisoka, and submitted their application forms just before midnight.

• Luo Ye showed Wing his aura and claimed he had been born with Nen, while Killua realized Luo Ye had hidden his strength during the Hunter Exam.
• Wing used Ren to force open Gon, Killua, and Kurapika's aura nodes and told them to keep their life energy from escaping.
• Gon, Killua, and Kurapika each stabilized their aura and learned Ten, impressing Wing with their quick progress.
• Wing sent the three to the two hundredth floor, where their Ten let them walk through Hisoka's Nen pressure.
• Hisoka cleared their way, and Luo Ye mocked him as a lousy security guard before joining the others at the registration desk.
• Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Luo Ye submitted four application forms just before midnight.

Luo Ye and his companions learned that fights on Heaven’s Arena’s two hundredth floor offered no prize money, though weapons were allowed and fighters risked their lives. They accepted their private suite keys and headed to the competitors’ rest area, with Luo Ye deciding the Nen-user opponents would still help him grow stronger.

• The receptionist explained the two hundredth-floor rules: weapons were allowed, matches had no restrictions, ten wins earned a challenge against a floor master, and there was no prize money.
• Luo Ye protested the lack of pay and demanded to see the arena’s boss, but the receptionist handed the group their suite keys.
• Gon, Killua, and Kurapika accepted the rules, each valuing combat practice or finding another way to handle expenses.
• Luo Ye reconsidered, deciding that fighting Nen users for free could improve his combat adaptation and evolution ability.
• The four headed to the competitors’ rest area to see their suites.

Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Luo Ye encountered the Rookie Crusher Trio in the two-hundredth-floor corridor. Instead of fighting, Luo Ye tried to sell the trio his victory-farming services.

• Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Luo Ye walked through the corridor and sensed the hostile Nen behind the doors.
• Gido, Riehlvelt, and Sadaso blocked their path and tried to intimidate the newcomers.
• Luo Ye recognized the trio as potential customers and rushed up to Sadaso.
• Luo Ye handed Sadaso a business card for the VIP Victory-Farming Studio and pitched the trio on his services.