Chapter Summaries

Cordis chased the Febola Stone from the crashing helicopter and searched for it after landing safely. Chrollo found the gemstone and offered it to Cordis, who nervously asked him to give it up.

• Cordis caught up with the helicopter and killed its pilot, leaving the businessman, his mistress, and the old butler aboard.
• The young mistress refused to give Cordis the Febola Stone and threw it out of the helicopter.
• Cordis jumped after the gemstone as the helicopter crashed, killing the three people inside.
• Cordis landed safely but could not find the Febola Stone where he had seen it fall.
• Chrollo appeared with the gemstone, and Cordis nervously asked him to give it to him.

Cordis refused to absorb the Febola Stone’s power, turned it into a sapphire, and spent his remaining money commissioning a brooch before heading to Heavens Arena because he was broke again. There he met Wing and got him to buy two tickets to Gon’s match against Gido.

• Chrollo gave Cordis the Febola Stone in exchange for Cordis promising to visit the Spider often.
• The Febola Stone offered Cordis its power, but Cordis refused because he valued its beauty, so it became a sapphire.
• Cordis cashed a seven-hundred-thousand-JN check, redeemed his Hunter License, and spent his remaining money commissioning a brooch.
• Broke again, Cordis walked to Heavens Arena, where he saw signs featuring Gon and Killua and learned Gon would fight Gido.
• Cordis met Wing, introduced himself as a friend of Gon and Killua, and got Wing to buy two tickets to the match.

Cordis reunited with Killua and watched Gon’s first match on the 200th floor, where Gon kept fighting after the match ended until Cordis called him back. Gon ran into Cordis’s arms and excitedly recounted recent events, including his encounter with Hisoka.

• Cordis followed Wing to Killua and reunited with him, while Zushi complimented Cordis’s appearance.
• Gon fought Gido, took repeated hits, and rapidly improved his Nen as Killua and Cordis watched anxiously.
• After the referee ended the match, Gon ignored the whistle and charged at Gido again.
• Cordis shouted that Gon had lost, snapping him out of his battle frenzy.
• Gon rushed to Cordis and told him about the past few days, including meeting Hisoka and wanting to fight him.

Cordis reunited with Hisoka, who demanded repayment for Cordis’s expensive clothes before offering to erase the debt and pay him to borrow his body. Gon attacked Hisoka after misunderstanding the offer, and Hisoka dodged.

• Cordis warned Gon and Killua to stay away from Hisoka, but Hisoka suddenly appeared and draped an arm over Cordis’s shoulders.
• Gon charged at Hisoka, and Cordis stopped him before asking Hisoka why he had come.
• Hisoka reminded Cordis that his outfit and glove had cost three hundred million JN, and Killua argued that Hisoka owed Cordis compensation for tearing off his arm.
• Cordis admitted that his job had paid seven hundred thousand JN and that he had spent it all on a brooch, angering Killua.
• Hisoka offered to forgive Cordis’s clothing debt and give him five hundred thousand JN if Cordis let him borrow his body.
• Gon broke free from Cordis and swung at Hisoka, who dodged the punch.

After Hisoka invited Cordis to meet him at six, Cordis left Gon and Killua to train and went to Hisoka’s room at Heavens Arena. Hisoka greeted him dressed in a formal black suit, leaving Cordis wondering what he had planned and readying a knife.

• Gon attacked Hisoka, but Hisoka dodged, invited Cordis to meet him that evening, and left.
• Gon and Killua asked Cordis what Hisoka had said and offered to accompany him, but Cordis refused and promised them snacks if they kept training.
• Cordis left Gon and Killua with Wing, and Gon worried that Cordis might not return, recalling his absent father.
• Near six, Cordis went to Hisoka’s room on the two-hundredth floor and knocked after checking that he had knives ready.
• Hisoka opened the door wearing only a bath towel, then changed into a formal black suit while Cordis waited inside.
• Cordis saw Hisoka’s suit and wondered if Hisoka intended to try uniform roleplay, then prepared to stab him if he came closer.

Hisoka took Cordis to Fillmore Casino for an important job, though Cordis remained wary of his advances. On the way, Cordis healed Hisoka’s chin wound with Flowing Woman, and the chapter left them arriving at the casino.

• Hisoka flirted with Cordis and touched his head, prompting Cordis to attack him with a knife.
• Hisoka pinned Cordis against a table, but Cordis escaped and cut Hisoka’s chin with a spike hidden in his heel.
• Cordis warned Hisoka not to touch him again, then followed him out of Heavens Arena to pay off his debt.
• Hisoka complained that his chin wound might scar as they headed for Fillmore Casino.
• Cordis removed Hisoka’s Texture Surprise and used Flowing Woman to regulate his blood flow and heal the wound.

Cordis and Hisoka visited the Fillmore Casino, where Hisoka revealed he had no money and planned to challenge the first-floor gambling boss to reach the second floor. They met the boss, Bowenbo, who became excited when he saw Cordis.

• Cordis healed Hisoka's chin wound, and they continued to the Fillmore Casino together.
• Hisoka put his arm around Cordis's waist as they entered the casino, where Cordis saw the extravagant gambling floors and sensed many powerful Nen users.
• Cordis learned that Hisoka had brought no money, and Hisoka explained that guests had to beat the first-floor ruler to enter the second floor.
• Hisoka walked to the central table and sat opposite Bowenbo, the first-floor ruler, while Cordis stood beside him.
• Bowenbo introduced himself to Hisoka, then puckered his lips and cheered when he noticed Cordis.

Hisoka and Bowenbo wagered Cordis against six billion JN and were transported into a gambling game involving a murdered woman and the people at the table. The winged fish announced that the killer was among them, leaving Cordis to recall seeing the victim at Heavens Arena shortly before her death.

• Bowenbo lusted after Cordis, but Hisoka claimed Pai Pai as his target and agreed to gamble with Bowenbo.
• Hisoka wagered Cordis while Bowenbo put up six suitcases containing six billion JN.
• Bowenbo transported Hisoka, Cordis, and his three female attendants into a dark space with a round table and a winged fish.
• The lights went out, and a strangled woman's corpse appeared on the table.
• The winged fish announced that one of those present had killed the woman and explained the consequences of identifying the killer correctly or incorrectly.
• Cordis remembered briefly seeing the bruised woman at Heavens Arena around four o'clock the previous night.

Cordis and Hisoka examined June’s corpse during a murder game, finding a tuft of short hair in her hand before the inspection time ran out. As the players questioned July and accused her of killing June, July insisted she had not seen June since the previous night and turned the accusation toward the blue-haired woman.

• Cordis searched June’s body while arguing with Hisoka, who eventually examined the corpse and noticed blood at the back of her head.
• Cordis found a tuft of short hair clutched in June’s hand before the fish ended the five-minute inspection.
• The fish announced that the players had three rounds to identify the killer or the killer would also win.
• July said she and June had shared a dorm room, while the blue-haired woman accused July of lying about their relationship.
• July said she had not seen June since the previous night, then accused the blue-haired woman of having the strongest motive to kill June.

Modi admitted that she had poisoned June’s water, but Cordis found no sign that June had drunk it. After Hisoka discovered June had miscarried, June’s younger brother Sao appeared, and Cordis accused him of lying and being involved with her pregnancy.

• Modi revealed that June had ruined her face, stolen her clients, and indirectly contributed to her mother’s death, so she had poisoned June’s water before June died.
• Everyone declined to identify the murderer, and Cordis found no bitter almond smell in June’s mouth, suggesting she had not drunk the poisoned water.
• Hisoka found blood and a bruise on June’s abdomen and concluded she had been pregnant and miscarried; he suggested her lover might have killed her but said it was not certain.
• The fish summoned June’s younger brother, Sao, who said he worked at Heavens Arena and had not been close to June.
• Cordis accused Sao of lying, said he had seen June bruised earlier that day, and demanded to know whether Sao was the father of her child.

Cordis questioned Sao about June’s pregnancy while the group accused Sao of killing her, but Hisoka hinted that the fish’s wording mattered. Sao eventually revealed that June had told him she was pregnant with his child, leaving the truth of her death unresolved.

• July accused Sao of beating June and urged everyone to vote him out, while Sao denied hurting her.
• Everyone except Cordis and Hisoka voted yes, prompting the fish to continue the review phase.
• Cordis asked Hisoka whether someone was lying, and Hisoka hinted that the fish had said everyone present was involved.
• Cordis returned and questioned Sao about June’s trauma, pregnancy, and visit that morning.
• Sao revealed that June had told him she was pregnant with his child.

Cordis and Hisoka identified June as the killer, and the fish consumed her corpse before they returned to Fillmore Casino. Hisoka killed Bowenbo for trying to buy Cordis, while Cordis remembered his promise to bring snacks to Gon and Killua.

• Sao explained that June had stolen his sperm, confessed her love, and tried to hang herself before he gave her abortion pills and sent her away.
• Cordis reasoned that June was the killer, and the group voted; June won by one vote over Sao.
• The fish declared June the killer, swallowed her corpse, and sent everyone back to Fillmore Casino, where Hisoka received a second-floor admission ticket.
• Cordis hurried out of the casino, and Bowenbo offered Hisoka a blank check to buy Cordis.
• Hisoka accepted the check but killed Bowenbo with a playing card, then used Bungee Gum to drag away the cases of cash.
• Cordis ran toward Wing's home, then stopped when he remembered promising Gon and Killua some snacks.

Cordis returned to Wing’s home to keep his promise to Gon and Killua, bringing sweets and ingredients to cook for them. After his chaotic curry-making woke Gon, Killua, and Zushi, everyone gathered at the table to eat.

• Cordis bought sweets, pudding, and ingredients for curry after Hisoka transferred him 500,000 JN.
• Cordis arrived at Wing’s home and learned Gon and Killua were asleep after training.
• Cordis insisted on cooking, then prepared curry despite forgetting the roux until the other ingredients were cooked.
• Gon woke to the smell of curry, greeted Cordis, and helped carry plates to the table.
• Killua and Zushi woke to the aroma, joined Cordis, Gon, and Wing, and sat down to eat.

Cordis’s disastrous curry ended up as a gift for Hisoka, who ate it despite its terrible taste, while Cordis continued helping Gon, Killua, and Zushi train. The chapter left Cordis preparing to help Wing make dinner, despite Wing’s doubts about his cooking.

• Cordis served his mushy, awful curry to Gon, Killua, Zushi, and Wing, so everyone ate Wing’s porridge instead.
• Cordis took the leftover curry to Heavens Arena and asked an employee to deliver it to Hisoka as a gift, with instructions to eat it all.
• Hisoka happily tried the curry with wine, found it as awful as expected, and kept eating it spoonful by spoonful.
• Cordis watched and occasionally advised Gon, Killua, and Zushi during training, and Killua resumed training after Cordis warned him it was too easy.
• Wing began making dinner, resisted Cordis’s offer to help, then reluctantly let him assist with the preparation.

Gon and Killua watched Hisoka defeat Kastro with mysterious Nen techniques, realizing how much more they had to learn. After they recounted the fight to Wing and Cordis, Hisoka called Cordis, who decided to answer in case there was money to be made.

• Wing and Cordis saw Gon and Killua improve their control of aura, and Cordis gave them Hisoka's tickets to his match against Kastro.
• Gon and Killua watched Kastro cut off both of Hisoka's hands, then saw Hisoka use Nen to restore his hand and attack Kastro with a severed hand and playing cards.
• Hisoka's cards struck Kastro and killed him, leaving Gon and Killua puzzled about the Nen techniques behind the fight.
• Gon and Killua told Wing and Cordis about the match, and Cordis received a call from Hisoka.
• Cordis chose to answer Hisoka's call because he suspected Hisoka might have another paid job for him.

Cordis went to Heavens Arena after Hisoka summoned him and used [Flowing Woman] to reconnect Hisoka’s severed arms. Hisoka paid Cordis two million JN and teased him about being his favorite “Little Apple.”

• Cordis answered Hisoka’s call and left Gon and Killua behind, promising to bring them something tasty.
• Cordis found Hisoka in a dark room at Heavens Arena with both arms severed after his fight with Kastro.
• Cordis used [Flowing Woman] to reconnect Hisoka’s left arm, restoring its movement.
• Cordis charged Hisoka two million JN and used the same method to reconnect his other arm.
• Hisoka told Cordis he knew about his ability because Cordis had revealed it to Chrollo, then called himself Mr. Orchardist and Cordis his favorite Little Apple.

Cordis left Hisoka’s home after warning him not to get handsy, then ran into Chrollo while searching for snacks for Gon and Killua. Chrollo gave him puddings and asked whether he knew about the September first auction in Yorknew City.

• Hisoka flirted with Cordis and grabbed his waist, so Cordis cut his neck and warned him before leaving.
• Cordis searched for an open shop near Heavens Arena to buy snacks for Gon and Killua.
• Chrollo appeared on the street, and Cordis worried he had come to reclaim the Febola Stone.
• Chrollo gave Cordis two caramel puddings for the children at home, explaining that he had seen Cordis buying snacks before.
• Chrollo asked Cordis whether he knew about the September first auction in Yorknew City.

Chrollo invited Cordis to join the Spider at the September 1 auction, reminding him of a promise tied to the Febola Stone. Cordis accepted reluctantly, worried about facing Kurapika, and ended the night unsettled as he returned to Gon and Killua.

• Chrollo asked Cordis to attend the September 1 auction with the Spider and reminded him of their promise involving the Febola Stone.
• Cordis realized Chrollo had used the promise to secure his help and worried that Kurapika would see him as an enemy.
• Chrollo left Cordis, who hurried back to Wing's home with a foreboding feeling about the auction.
• Gon and Killua knocked Cordis to the floor while rushing to him, then fell asleep clinging to his clothes.
• Cordis carried Gon and Killua to bed, left them the puddings Chrollo had given him, and lay awake worrying about the auction.

Cordis shared the sunrise with Shalnark and admitted he had a bad feeling about the coming auction. Their time together brought them closer, and Shalnark was left flustered by Cordis’s farewell as Cordis returned inside to Gon and Killua.

• Unable to sleep, Cordis went onto the balcony before dawn, where Shalnark found him and invited him onto the roof.
• Cordis told Shalnark he had a bad feeling about the auction, but Shalnark reassured him that the Spider was strong and would succeed.
• Cordis and Shalnark watched the sunrise together in silence for two hours, and Cordis felt their bond deepen.
• As Shalnark prepared to leave, Cordis told him he had enjoyed their time together and wanted to meet again, causing Shalnark to get a nosebleed.
• Cordis gave Shalnark his handkerchief and asked him to wash and return it next time, then went inside after Gon and Killua called for him.

Cordis scolded Gon and Killua for staying up late, then learned Gon had arranged a rematch with Gido. Trusting Gon’s confidence, Cordis bet all his money on him as the fight was about to begin.

• Cordis took Gon and Killua’s puddings and scolded them for staying awake all night, then promised not to break his word again.
• At breakfast, Gon told Wing that he had arranged a match with Gido for that day and said he was certain he would win.
• Cordis placed his card, holding his entire 2.5 million JN, on Gon, while Wing worried that the fight could disrupt Gon’s training.
• At Gon and Gido’s rematch, billed as Gon Freecss’s Revenge Battle, Cordis bet everything on Gon, prompting some spectators to follow his wager.