Recaps

After Gon and the others won, they healed the injured and persuaded Grenu to give them his cards. As Greed Island ended, Gon reminded Cordis that his crooked hand could be healed, while an author’s note previewed Cordis visiting Uvogin’s grave before the next arc.

• Gon’s wounds and severed hand healed, and Cordis praised him and Killua for their strength.
• Biscuit’s [Clone] card shattered after [Breath of Angels] reached its maximum transformation limit, and Killua suspected Grenu had increased the number of exchange tickets.
• Grenu refused to trade because he hated the injured men, but Cordis challenged his reasoning and Gon insisted they had agreed to heal anyone who was hurt.
• Shab woke and asked Gon to use their last [Breath of Angels] on Genthru, whose wounds were then healed.
• Grenu revealed that he and his group had quit the game and offered their cards and share of the four-billion-JN reward; he used [Breath of Angels] to heal Killua’s hands.
• Gon pointed out Cordis’s crooked right hand, and Cordis realized he had forgotten it was still deformed.

After Gon and his friends collected ninety-nine cards, they competed in a quiz for card Zero, and Cordis won with the highest score. He handed the prize card to Gon, then punished Gon and Killua by kissing them on the cheek.

• Cordis's injured arm healed completely, and Gon urged him not to get hurt again.
• A game announcement summoned the players to a card quiz, where the winner would receive card Zero, and a red-haired man offered to buy it for 2.5 billion JN.
• Gon suggested that they answer individually, and Killua proposed that the lowest scorer receive a punishment.
• Cordis scored ninety-eight points and won the quiz, despite having few cards.
• An owl delivered card Zero, [Ruler's Blessing], to Cordis, who gave it to Gon to complete their collection.
• Cordis kissed Gon and Killua on the cheek as their punishment.

Hisoka secretly watched Cordis while Shalnark, Feitan, and Phinks speculated that Machi might like him. Machi caught them gossiping and sent Shalnark and Phinks to speak with the Exorcist.

• Hisoka watched Cordis through binoculars and teased Shalnark by claiming Cordis was his.
• Feitan told Shalnark that Cordis might be Machi's type, citing how Machi had spoken with him and asked to see his family photo.
• Shalnark and Feitan convinced Phinks that Machi might be interested in Cordis, and Phinks reacted with disbelief.
• Machi overheard them, scolded them for gossiping instead of helping with the Exorcist, and sent Shalnark and Phinks to talk to him.

After clearing Greed Island, Cordis chose Breath of Angels as his reward and left Gon, Killua, and Biscuit to visit a deceased old friend. He reassured a saddened Killua that he would return in a few days.

• Cordis stopped two men from confronting Gon and Killua, then used an Accompany card to take the group to Rimel.
• Hisoka called Cordis to say they had found an Exorcist for Chrollo, but hung up before explaining what Cordis was supposed to do.
• At the castle, Gon went inside alone while Cordis waited outside and fell asleep.
• After the group cleared the game, Cordis chose Breath of Angels as his card instead of Blue Planet.
• Cordis left Gon, Killua, and Biscuit after returning from the game, telling Killua he was going to visit a deceased old friend and would be back in a few days.

Cordis reunited with Chrollo and joined him on an airship heading south, where they traded jealous remarks about Hisoka. Hisoka appeared aboard, teased Cordis, and took the rose Cordis had received from Chrollo.

• Cordis burned Feitan's note and realized he had no money for the journey south.
• A little girl selling roses refused Cordis's excuses about being unable to pay until Chrollo bought a rose for him with a 10,000-yen banknote.
• Chrollo told Cordis that he had regained his Nen Ability but lost the abilities he had collected, and planned to travel south to gather more.
• Cordis said he was heading south to see Uvogin and followed Chrollo onto an airship bound for a nearby city.
• Chrollo questioned whether Cordis cared about Hisoka, then admitted he cared enough to want to kill him.
• Hisoka surprised Cordis aboard the airship, told Chrollo he cared about him, and took the rose from Cordis before teasing him.

Hisoka followed Chrollo and Cordis to Bafumu, where Chrollo explained their plan to approach Alice, the daughter of a wealthy gold supplier. He assigned Cordis to use a bow-tie voice changer to help persuade her to stay, leaving Cordis baffled by the plan.

• Hisoka admitted he had followed Chrollo and Cordis, then teased Cordis during the airship journey.
• Chrollo and Cordis arrived in Bafumu with Hisoka and went to the city's information board.
• Chrollo told Cordis that Alice would try to elope with her lover, whom Chrollo had already killed.
• Chrollo gave Cordis a bow-tie voice changer and told him to use it while they persuaded Alice to stay.
• Cordis protested that the plan sounded like Conan, but Chrollo did not know who Conan was.

Cordis learned that Chrollo had arranged a ten-million-JN job for him: stealing Alice’s diamond necklace during her birthday party. He found the necklace through a window and struggled to resist its appeal.

• Cordis decided to stay with Chrollo rather than risk running away, then went to an inn to sleep.
• Chrollo called and told Cordis to steal Alice’s necklace, offering him seventy percent of the ten-million-JN fee.
• Cordis hurried to Alice’s mansion, disguised his silver hair with a black scarf, and surveyed the Nen-user guards.
• Cordis spotted Alice waiting for a reply from Philip, then continued climbing the mansion wall.
• Cordis found the necklace displayed in a glass case while two people were on the bed nearby, and he struggled with his desire for the jewels.

Cordis stole Alice’s necklace from its glass case and learned that a red-haired man held the key. After paying for information, Cordis disguised himself as a room-service attendant and headed toward the man’s room with the necklace hidden on a trolley.

• Cordis failed to maintain [Zetsu] and was discovered by a man in bed, who mistook him for paparazzi.
• Cordis demanded money, then learned the necklace was a birthday present for Alice and that a strong red-haired man held the case’s key.
• The man paid Cordis eight million to spend a week with him, and Cordis used a tender gaze to get the red-haired man’s location.
• Cordis killed a room-service attendant, hid the body, took the uniform, and concealed the glass case on the trolley.

Cordis tricked Hisoka into revealing where he kept the key, took it to steal the necklace, and left him a note and two million. After Cordis left, the mansion lost power, and the young lady was reported missing.

• Cordis ran into Hisoka and a Purple-Haired Woman, then followed Hisoka into his room and offered two million for the key.
• Hisoka proposed giving Cordis the key in exchange for something he wanted, and Cordis kissed him before secretly injecting him with a needle.
• Cordis searched the unconscious Hisoka, took the key, dressed him, and left a note and the bank card beside him.
• Cordis used the key to retrieve the necklace from its glass case and left the room.
• Hisoka revealed he had been pretending to pass out, read Cordis's note, and kept it.
• The mansion lost power, and the crowd downstairs learned that the young lady was missing.

Cordis escaped with Alice's necklace and delivered it to Chrollo, who secured the hundred million JN payment and gave Cordis his cut. The next day, Chrollo brought Cordis shopping with Alice and used her rude treatment of Cordis to make her believe he cared deeply for her.

• Cordis fled the guards with the necklace and reached the docks, where he handed it to Chrollo.
• Chrollo collected the hundred million JN from the buyer and gave Cordis ten million for the job.
• Chrollo told Cordis he had won Alice over by claiming Philip had sent him and showing her a ring engraved with her nickname, “Little Piggy.”
• The next day, Cordis waited at a luxury mall while Chrollo arrived with Alice and apologized for being late.
• Alice insulted Cordis, and Chrollo defended him while telling Alice he would rather abandon his friend than give up on her.
• Alice was moved to tears and declared that Chrollo truly cared about her.

Cordis learned that the necklace he helped steal was worth billions and realized Chrollo had underpaid him, so he stormed off after sending Chrollo an angry message. Chrollo discovered Cordis was gone and left the city alone after Hisoka delivered a teasing, invented message.

• Chrollo led Alice through the Shopping Mall while Cordis carried her purchases, and they stopped for lunch when Alice got hungry.
• Hisoka sat with Cordis, ordered expensive dishes at his expense, and revealed that Alice's necklace was worth billions of JN.
• Cordis realized Chrollo had cheated him out of a much larger commission, paid Hisoka's bill, and left on an Airship bound for Uvogin's Cemetery.
• Chrollo emerged from the Café and asked Hisoka where Cordis had gone, and Hisoka falsely claimed Cordis planned to marry him.
• Chrollo poured out Hisoka's wine and left the city alone.

Cordis visited Uvogin’s grave and encountered Nobunaga, who blamed himself for failing to avenge his friend and set out to find Kurapika. After receiving Gon’s message about entering the NGL Autonomous Country, Cordis decided to head there.

• Cordis found Uvogin’s grave, left flowers, and spoke with Nobunaga, who was mourning beside the headstone.
• Cordis told Nobunaga to move on, and Nobunaga struck him with a liquor bottle before ordering him to leave.
• Nobunaga said he was going to avenge Uvogin and asked Cordis where to find Kurapika.
• Cordis warned Nobunaga that he could not defeat Kurapika alone, but Nobunaga left to pursue his revenge.
• Gon messaged Cordis that he and Killua were preparing to enter the NGL Autonomous Country with Kite, and Cordis replied that he was heading there.

Cordis entered the NGL Autonomous Country and encountered dangerous insect-like creatures in the forest. He rescued Ponzu from two of them, then spotted more familiar people nearby.

• Cordis traveled to the NGL Autonomous Country, surrendered his modern belongings, and rented a horse from Emma.
• Emma guided Cordis through nearby villages, where he sensed danger and saw a monster kill two horses.
• Cordis jumped from a cliff after spotting familiar figures in the forest and recognized Ponzu among them.
• Two enormous insects cornered Ponzu after she fell, and Cordis used Flowing Woman to slice off their heads.

Cordis rescued Bokukuka, Ponzu, and their companions from giant insects in NGL and led them toward safety. After another monster killed their white-haired companion, Cordis confronted a speaking, educated creature that collected humans for its queen.

• Cordis killed two giant insects, rescued Ponzu, and joined Bokukuka and the others.
• Cordis led the group through the forest and helped them reach the cliff, where they saw winged creatures carrying humans away.
• Bokukuka proposed escaping NGL, raising a defense force, and returning to destroy the monsters, while Cordis mocked the frightened white-haired man.
• A giant pincered monster killed the white-haired man, and Bokukuka brought it down with a flaming arrow.
• A speaking spider-like creature arrived, and Cordis questioned it about the queen it served and the creatures' resemblance to ants.

Cordis and Bokukuka confronted a spider-man who killed one of their companions before Lady Shacan arrived and knocked Bokukuka unconscious. After Cordis struck Shacan, the spider-man abducted both her and Bokukuka, leaving Cordis and Ponzu behind.

• The spider-man caught Cordis's orange arrow, recognized Cordis and Bokukuka as valuable prey, and dragged a black-haired man over with sticky silk before eating his head.
• Cordis attacked the spider-man with an internal blast, but its tough shell survived the strike.
• Shacan appeared behind Bokukuka, knocked him unconscious, and offered Cordis a trade; Cordis agreed, then punched Shacan when she began to speak.
• The spider-man shot silk at Bokukuka and Shacan, and Cordis lost his grip on Bokukuka after silk hit his face.
• The spider-man leaped off the cliff with the unconscious Shacan and Bokukuka and disappeared from Cordis's sight.

Cordis carried the distraught Ponzu through the forest while a horde of monsters chased them, then hid with her in a deserted village farmhouse. The monsters were drawn away by a deer, leaving Cordis and Ponzu safe for the moment.

• Cordis silenced Ponzu and carried her away from the cliff as monsters approached.
• Cordis attacked a monster, which survived the blow to its skull and screeched, drawing a huge horde toward them.
• Cordis fled with Ponzu into a deserted village and hid with her inside a farmhouse.
• Cordis activated [Zetsu] and watched the monsters search the houses through a keyhole.
• A deer rustled through the woods, and the bull-faced leader and the other monsters ran after it, allowing Cordis and Ponzu to remain hidden.

After escaping the creatures, Cordis and Ponzu found Gon, Killua, and Kite, and Ponzu reported that her companions had been killed and a Nen user captured. Kite set out to investigate the dangerous creatures with Gon, Killua, and Cordis, while Ponzu was sent back to safety.

• Cordis reassured Ponzu after the creatures left, and Ponzu used her wasp to guide them toward Gon and the others.
• Cordis carried Ponzu until they encountered Gon, Killua, Kite, and two other riders around noon.
• Ponzu told Gon and Killua that two companions had died and a Nen user had been taken captive by humanlike, animal-featured monsters.
• Kite instructed two riders to escort Ponzu back and notify the Hunter Association about the dangerous creatures.
• Gon and Killua agreed to go with Kite, and Cordis accepted Kite's invitation to join them.

Kite, Gon, Killua, and Cordis investigated a Chimera Ant attack and feared the queen was consuming humans, including a captured Nen user, to produce a powerful King. They hurried toward the queen, then found a village devastated by an attack and discovered three rotting cows hanging from trees.

• Gon mourned the headless victim while Kite found an empty shell casing and warned the group that Chimera Ants might be using firearms.
• Kite explained that the queen inherited traits from what she ate and might be consuming the people who secretly ruled the country.
• Cordis warned that a captured Nen user had probably been eaten, and Kite resolved to eliminate the queen before she gave birth to the [King].
• The four reached a wrecked village by evening and found dried blood and damaged houses.
• Gon detected a foul smell, and the group found three rotting cows hanging from trees in a clearing.

Gon and Killua faced a rabbit Chimera Ant after it attacked them, while Kite and Cordis stepped aside and challenged them to prove themselves. The two Hunters began fighting the ant as Cordis tearfully praised them and sought credit for encouraging them.

• Gon, Killua, Cordis, and Kite found beasts impaled on trees, and Kite explained that shrikes stored food that way.
• A rabbit Chimera Ant accused Gon and Killua of touching its prey, charged Cordis, then struck Gon and Killua instead.
• The rabbit sensed Cordis's powerful aura and considered eating him, but Kite stopped Cordis from taking over the fight.
• Kite told Gon and Killua to handle the Chimera Ant themselves, warning them to go home if they could not win, while Cordis also called them children.
• Gon and Killua declared they were professional Hunters, gathered their aura, and attacked the rabbit as Cordis praised them and asked Kite for credit.

Gon, Killua, Kite, and Cordis entered the Chimera Ants’ territory after deciding to face the danger ahead together. They discovered a blood-filled lake and a network of humanlike caves, then proceeded cautiously into the passages.

• Gon and Killua fought the rabbit Chimera Ant, but a winged Chimera Ant rescued him and carried him away.
• Kite asked Gon, Killua, and Cordis whether they would continue despite the danger, and all three agreed to come.
• The group followed the stench of corpses to a lake filled with dead bodies.
• Gon spotted orderly caves across a cliff, and Cordis suspected that people had dug them.
• Kite led the others into the caves, where they found a long corridor with branching passages and proceeded on guard.

Gon, Killua, Kite, and Cordis discovered the NGL ruler’s drug factory and encountered a Chimera Ant torturing human captives. The ant killed Pokkle in front of them and turned its attention to Koro as the group held back from attacking.

• The four found the damaged drug factory, and Killua uncovered guns hidden in a crate.
• Kite and Cordis sensed Chimera Ants in the tunnels and told Gon and Killua the ranges of their detection abilities.
• A man crawled out barking, followed by Pokkle, who begged the group to save him.
• A horse-bodied Chimera Ant emerged from the shadows and crushed Pokkle’s head with a hoof.
• Gon tried to charge the ant, but Kite and Cordis stopped him as the ant said it would kill Koro next.

Gon, Killua, Kite, and Cordis confronted a centaur Chimera Ant and its allies. After Gon and Killua defeated two ants, Kite summoned his Nen ability Crazy Slots and shot the centaur, leaving the group to discover how the weapon worked.

• The centaur crushed a helpless man and declared that Gon and the others would become its pet dogs.
• Killua and Gon charged at the two Chimera Ants, and Killua quickly beheaded his opponent.
• Kite questioned why the ants had come to the pungent location, while Cordis guessed that the centaur liked the smell.
• Kite summoned his clown-shaped Nen ability, Crazy Slots, and it rolled a four to produce a long black gun.
• Kite shot the centaur between the eyes, and Gon and Killua recognized Crazy Slots as the thing that had attacked them earlier.

Kite, Gon, Killua, and Cordis traveled toward the Chimera Ant nest, discussing their Nen abilities and preparing for danger. A group of Chimera Ants ambushed them, and Gon won the right to fight first as one of the ants drew the number six.

• Kite dismissed Crazy Slots and discussed the drawbacks of his Nen ability with Cordis, Gon, and Killua.
• Cordis revealed that Flowing Woman let him control anything flowing within a hundred meters, but using it consumed his stamina.
• After traveling through the silent forest for a day, the group encountered a giant frog and dozens of Chimera Ants.
• Kite and Cordis urged Gon and Killua to take the fight as training, and Gon won their rock-paper-scissors contest to go first.
• A beetle-like Chimera Ant drew a slip marked number six, and the frog called for the ant assigned that number.

Gon fought Baro, a pangolin-like chimera ant who killed humans for fun, while Cordis insisted Gon was guaranteed to win. Gon stopped dodging Baro’s charges and caught him in a crushing embrace, leaving Baro bleeding.

• Baro stepped forward to fight Gon, and Cordis admired his pangolin-like appearance as a rare medicinal ingredient.
• Baro declared the fight would end when one of them died, then charged at Gon, who dodged his attacks.
• Baro rammed Gon into trees, but Gon emerged unharmed as Killua worried and Cordis said Gon was certain to win.
• Baro admitted he killed people because it was fun, and Gon impatiently told him to finish the fight.
• Gon caught Baro’s next charge in a tight embrace and squeezed until blood seeped between Baro’s scales.

Killua, Gon, Kite, and Cordis defeated the chimera ants blocking their way and continued toward the nest, but Kite’s growing sense of danger proved justified when winged ants ambushed them. The chapter ended with the attackers dodging Killua’s lightning and Gon’s punches.

• Killua killed the bull-like chimera ant with a bolt of lightning after Cordis and Kite warned that they had a bad feeling.
• The frog leader exploded, and a gust from Cordis sliced apart the remaining chimera ants.
• Cordis stopped biting his thumb and urged the group to keep moving, while Kite warned Gon not to pity their enemies.
• Kite sensed something approaching, and Cordis told the others that attackers were coming from both sides.
• Two winged chimera ants swooped in, dodging Killua’s lightning and Gon’s punches.