Chapter Summaries

Illumi questioned Hisoka about his feelings for Cordis, then told him Cordis had been badly injured while joining the extermination team. Hisoka hurried to Cordis’s hospital room and watched over him, saying he was the only one who didn’t mind Cordis’s injuries.

• Illumi asked Hisoka whether he cared about Cordis, and Hisoka compared Cordis to prey.
• Illumi suggested Hisoka was in love with Cordis, and Hisoka reacted with disbelief and teasing.
• Illumi told Hisoka that Cordis had joined the extermination team and was badly injured, and Hisoka vanished before Illumi could say more about Killua.
• Knuckle fell asleep while keeping watch beside Cordis in the intensive care room.
• Hisoka entered Cordis’s room, brushed the hair from his face, and said that he didn’t mind his injuries.

Hisoka tried to take the badly injured Cordis from the hospital, but Shoot convinced him to leave Cordis for treatment. Hisoka returned to Heavens Arena, and several months passed while Cordis’s story remained unresolved.

• Hisoka removed Cordis’s mask and carried him toward the window, reopening his wounds and knocking Knuckle unconscious.
• Shoot arrived and confronted Hisoka, who insisted that Cordis was his cherished pet and that he wanted to take him away.
• Shoot warned Hisoka that moving Cordis could kill him and that Gon and Killua were trying to find a way to wake him.
• Hisoka put Cordis back on the bed, and the doctors rushed him into surgery before Hisoka left.
• Hisoka returned to Heavens Arena and spent three or four months there, while Illumi occasionally asked about Cordis and began taking an interest in Alluka.

Hisoka and Illumi spotted Cordis arriving in the city, while Cordis traveled to Heavens Arena after losing his Nen Abilities. As he settled into a hotel, Cordis reflected on leaving Gon and Killua behind and wondered whether the Arena and its people had changed since his last visit.

• Hisoka acted listless as Illumi teased him, and the two spotted Cordis stepping off a cruise ship.
• Hisoka left to buy liquor, while Illumi asked him to bring sweets for Killua.
• Cordis took a taxi to his destination, and the driver recommended Heavens Arena as a place to watch fights.
• Cordis checked messages from Gon, who promised they would find a way to restore Cordis's Nen Ability.
• Cordis recalled losing his Nen Abilities after surviving the Chimera Ants and deciding to travel alone rather than delay Gon and Killua.
• Cordis chose Heavens Arena as his destination and wondered how it had changed in the two years since his last visit.

Cordis told Hisoka that his Nen Ability was gone and revealed he had prepared poison to kill himself if it did not return within five months. Hisoka left but came back with a ticket to his match, inviting Cordis to spend his remaining time doing something meaningful.

• Cordis watched children on the street and apologized to Hisoka before breaking down in tears.
• Cordis told Hisoka that he had lost his Nen Ability and felt he had no value left.
• Cordis admitted he did not want to live and asked Hisoka not to tell Gon and Killua.
• Cordis explained that he had made poison that would activate in a little over a month unless his Nen Ability returned.
• Hisoka left the room, then returned with a ticket to his match and invited Cordis to come with him.
• Cordis accepted the ticket and promised to watch Hisoka's match closely.

Hisoka fought at Heavens Arena for fifteen minutes before defeating his opponent, then teased Cordis with a doughnut and a false suggestion that he might kiss him. When Cordis said he would rather be kissed by a stray animal, Hisoka kissed him anyway.

• Hisoka entered the Heavens Arena ring and defeated his opponent after a fifteen-minute fight.
• Cordis asked whether Hisoka's opponent was strong, and Hisoka admitted he had not used his Nen Ability.
• Hisoka bought two doughnuts, gave one to Cordis, and then teased him about eating it.
• Hisoka pretended to reach for Cordis's lips, then took a bite of his doughnut and mocked Cordis for expecting a kiss.
• Cordis said he would rather be kissed by a stray cat or dog, and Hisoka kissed him while telling him to pretend Hisoka was one.

As Cordis’s poison was set to take effect at dawn, he told Hisoka about his past and his chosen name. They spent Christmas together, leaving Cordis’s fate open.

• Hisoka returned with Cordis to the alley where they had first met and pressed him to explain what he was and where he came from.
• Cordis told Hisoka he was from another place, had once been called Pai Pai, and had chosen the name Cordis after leaving home.
• When Christmas celebrations lit up the city, Cordis invited Hisoka to join him, and Hisoka followed him out of the alley.
• Cordis took Hisoka’s hand as they walked through the cold streets toward a huge Christmas tree.
• Hisoka wished Cordis a Merry Christmas, and Cordis returned the greeting.

Ten years after meeting, Cordis arrived at his home expecting to celebrate with Hisoka, but found him missing and tracked him to a nightclub. Cordis provoked Hisoka by kissing and pursuing other men, and Hisoka finally lost his composure.

• Cordis found his home empty on the anniversary of meeting Hisoka and called him, only to hear him at a nightclub with other people.
• Hisoka claimed he had never agreed to meet Cordis, and a woman's praise of him made Cordis furious enough to break his phone.
• Cordis used a tracking device to locate Hisoka at Passion Nightclub and paid off the bouncers to get inside.
• Cordis saw Hisoka with a scantily dressed woman, glared at him, and kissed a nearby man in front of the crowd.
• Cordis grabbed another handsome man and headed toward a private room, prompting Hisoka to lose his composure.