Recaps

Chrollo and Feitan defeated Robin, whose Indoor Fish ability only worked in a sealed room, and Chrollo stole the ability. After Feitan took Robin away, Chrollo confronted A Luo about her lack of surprise at his power to steal Nen abilities.

• Robin attacked Chrollo and A Luo, then retreated into his room and invited them inside.
• Chrollo carried A Luo into the room, where they found dismembered body parts and a man still alive despite being reduced to half a head.
• Robin summoned monstrous fish, and Chrollo deduced they needed a sealed room to survive.
• Feitan broke the window, causing the fish to vanish, then knocked Robin unconscious as he tried to escape.
• Chrollo used Skill Hunter to steal Robin's Indoor Fish ability and ordered Feitan to take Robin away.
• Chrollo asked A Luo why she had not seemed surprised that he could steal other people's Nen abilities.

Chrollo spared A Luo after learning she knew secrets about the Phantom Troupe, then took her away after she witnessed Granny Heidi's death. A Luo broke down and cursed him, but later begged for forgiveness during the journey to the Republic of Padokea, where Feitan took all her snacks.

• Chrollo realized A Luo knew the conditions for stealing Nen Abilities and threatened to kill her, but let her live so he could uncover how she learned the secrets.
• A Luo saw Granny Heidi's body and challenged Chrollo and Machi over her death, and Chrollo warned her to abandon pity and other weak emotions.
• Chrollo carried A Luo to the airship, where she burst into tears and cursed him and the Phantom Troupe.
• After crying herself out, A Luo apologized to Chrollo and offered him her snacks, but he ignored her throughout the journey.
• The airship landed in the Republic of Padokea, and Feitan took A Luo's snacks while Chrollo left without speaking to her.

The Spiders checked into a five-star hotel in Padokea using identity records arranged by Shalnark, and Chrollo made A Luo stay in his room as his guard. Chrollo tried to draw out A Luo’s true feelings, but she fell asleep before learning that he watched over her until dawn.

• The Spiders left their airship behind and checked into the Pearl Grand Hotel after Feitan provided their identity numbers, with Shalnark promising to deliver their IDs the next morning.
• Chrollo took A Luo to his room instead of giving her a separate key card, insisting she stand guard while he slept.
• A Luo pretended to be an eager servant, but Chrollo called out her act and said her genuine emotions were difficult to uncover.
• Chrollo read while A Luo watched briefly before falling asleep, unaware that he watched her until dawn and then left to find food.
• A Luo woke to find herself alone in Chrollo’s room.

A Luo bought the Spiders’ airship tickets, accidentally giving herself business class while they got economy, and Chrollo and Feitan trapped and intimidated her after they joined her section. A flight attendant approached just as A Luo was silently pleading for help.

• Pakunoda and the others left the hotel without paying, then argued at the airport over who would buy the tickets.
• Chrollo assigned the ticket purchase to A Luo, who used the money Machi gave her to buy herself a half-price business-class ticket and economy tickets for the Spiders.
• The airship attendant stopped the Spiders from entering business class, and they walked away while A Luo tried to explain her mistake.
• After the airship took off, the Spiders sat around A Luo in business class, and Chrollo restrained her while Feitan threatened her with his Nen.
• A business-class attendant noticed A Luo’s distress and asked whether she felt unwell.

A Luo and the Phantom Troupe arrived at Heavens Arena, where Chrollo probed her by threatening to use her mother, Malena, against her. A Luo revealed a fierce resolve and a dark purplish-red Nen aura, then realized Chrollo had been testing her and asked what the group planned to do at the arena.

• During the flight, Pakunoda told a flight attendant that A Luo had a stomachache, while Chrollo comforted her.
• After six hours, the airship arrived at Heavens Arena, and A Luo remembered her family and her earlier life there.
• A Luo explained what family meant, and Chrollo said the Phantom Troupe cherished something but admitted he did not know exactly what.
• Chrollo brought up finding A Luo’s mother, Malena, and asked whether threatening her would make A Luo reveal her secrets.
• A Luo threatened to kill the Spiders if they touched her mother, and dark purplish-red Nen spread from her hands.
• A Luo realized Chrollo had provoked her to test her, withdrew her Nen, and asked what the Spiders had come to do at Heavens Arena.

A Luo accompanied Feitan and the others into an alley, where Feitan killed two men before the last one stabbed him with a poison-coated dagger that paralyzed him. The attacker then realized someone else was hiding nearby after hearing a voice from the shadows.

• A Luo wondered why Chrollo had brought the Spiders to Heavens Arena and slept poorly.
• Feitan took A Luo to a dark alley, where Chrollo, Pakunoda, and Machi concealed themselves with Zetsu as three men arrived.
• A Luo warned the men not to provoke Feitan, but their taunts enraged him.
• Feitan killed the long-haired man and the bulbous-nosed man, while the sleazy man stabbed him with a dagger that bypassed his Nen defenses.
• The poison paralyzed Feitan, and the sleazy man heard a voice from the shadows and searched for whoever had spoken.

After Chrollo took the dagger, the Phantom Troupe made A Luo care for an immobile Feitan, whose humiliating bathroom trips fueled his anger and her fear. A Luo woke from a nightmare about Feitan torturing her and decided she had to win him over before he recovered.

• Chrollo, Machi, and Pakunoda captured the sleazy man, took his defense-bypassing dagger, and left him at the murder scene.
• The Phantom Troupe assigned A Luo to care for Feitan while poison left him unable to move.
• A Luo carried Feitan to the bathroom, accidentally dropped him, and later apologized while tending his bruises.
• A Luo dreamed that Feitan captured and tortured her, then woke terrified of what he might do.
• As Feitan's humiliation and killing intent grew during the following days, A Luo resolved to get on his good side.

A Luo tried to win over the bedridden Feitan by constantly feeding and serving him, but her efforts only made him furious. Chrollo explained that she had been making Feitan endure repeated bathroom trips, then revealed the antidote had been available all along, leaving A Luo to conclude that the Phantom Troupe had let Feitan suffer for their own amusement.

• After waking from a nightmare, A Luo decided to curry favor with Feitan by cooking for him and tending to his every request.
• Feitan grew increasingly angry as A Luo kept providing lavish meals, drinks, and games, while she mistakenly thought she needed to serve him even better.
• Chrollo took A Luo away and explained that all the food and drink had forced Feitan to use the bathroom repeatedly, and that Feitan had viewed her continued feasts as deliberate mockery.
• Chrollo told A Luo that he had fed Feitan an antidote fruit taken from the person who poisoned him in the Dark Alley, but had delayed using it to study it.
• A Luo learned that Machi had found the antidote and that Machi and Pakunoda had known about it, then concluded Feitan was so unpopular that his companions had let him suffer.

Chrollo took A Luo to Heavens Arena, where they unexpectedly encountered Hisoka. As Hisoka approached, Chrollo questioned A Luo about whether she knew him, leaving her caught between the two dangerous men.

• Feitan prepared to attack A Luo, but Pakunoda stopped him and reminded him that Chrollo had forbidden anyone from harming his collectible; Feitan wondered why he felt reluctant to let A Luo die.
• Chrollo took A Luo from the hotel to Heavens Arena, saying he was looking for someone and that he had brought her along to unwind.
• A Luo guessed that Chrollo might be looking for a new Phantom Troupe member, but she could not work out his plans.
• Chrollo stopped outside a café when he spotted Hisoka, and A Luo recognized the clown-painted man and feared being noticed.
• Chrollo whispered questions about how A Luo knew Hisoka, while A Luo denied knowing him; Hisoka approached them with an intrigued smile.

After A Luo knocked herself unconscious to avoid being caught between Chrollo and Hisoka, she woke in Hisoka’s room and tried to gauge how dangerous he was. During dinner, Hisoka asked about the boss who had been with her, and A Luo identified him as Chrollo.

• A Luo knocked herself unconscious, hoping Chrollo and Hisoka would deal with each other instead of her.
• A Luo woke in a hotel room and discovered Hisoka had brought her there.
• Hisoka introduced himself and took A Luo to the hotel restaurant for dinner.
• Hisoka asked A Luo about the person who had brought her along, and she called him the boss.
• Hisoka stopped cutting his steak and reacted hungrily when A Luo confirmed that everyone called Chrollo the boss.

Hisoka pressured A Luo to reveal the identity of the boss she had met, so she offered to find promising fighters for him in exchange for staying alive. After Hisoka slaughtered the restaurant’s security guards and guests, he again demanded information about the boss.

• Hisoka questioned A Luo about the strong man she called Boss and threatened her when she hesitated.
• Hisoka killed a server who tried to intervene, frightening the restaurant’s witnesses into fleeing.
• A Luo proposed acting as Hisoka’s middleman by finding promising young fighters and arranging duels.
• Hisoka accepted the possibility of her proposal but still demanded details about Boss in return.
• Restaurant security guards confronted Hisoka, and he unleashed a killing spree that left the restaurant in ruins.
• Hisoka asked A Luo once more to tell him about Boss after the other people were gone.

Hisoka took A Luo to his dusty castle and forced her to clean it while keeping her under surveillance with Bungee Gum. After four hours, she finished just as Hisoka woke and returned to ask about her boss.

• Hisoka carried A Luo from the restaurant to his castle in the mountains, while she worried about being implicated in the murders and losing the chance to live an ordinary life.
• A Luo entered the dusty, apparently unoccupied castle and questioned Hisoka about why nobody maintained it.
• Hisoka went upstairs for a nap and told A Luo to clean the house before he woke if she wanted to avoid his cranky temper.
• A Luo spotted the Nen attached to her forehead with Gyo, realized Hisoka had tethered her with Bungee Gum, and gave up on escaping.
• A Luo spent four hours cleaning the castle, then Hisoka came downstairs in clown makeup and greeted her, ready to hear about her boss.

A Luo gave Hisoka everything she knew about Chrollo and offered to find him other promising opponents to stay useful and alive. Hisoka accepted her offer, then made her lead him to where Chrollo and the Spiders were staying.

• Hisoka questioned A Luo about Chrollo, and she revealed all she knew about the leader and his Nen abilities.
• A Luo promised to find Hisoka talented fighters, including Ging Freecss's son and a son of the Zoldyck Family.
• Hisoka decided A Luo could be useful and gave her a business card with his contact details.
• Hisoka dragged A Luo out of the Luxury Villa to take him to Chrollo and the Spiders.

A Luo was forced by Hisoka to challenge Chrollo and the Phantom Troupe, while Chrollo recalled how he had abandoned her during his earlier clash with Hisoka. After removing the Nen seal on her mouth, Chrollo asked A Luo to identify Hisoka and questioned whether Hisoka could defeat the Spiders together.

• Hisoka brought A Luo to the hotel and ordered her to tell Chrollo that he wanted to fight.
• A Luo approached Chrollo, but he sealed her mouth with Skill Hunter, and Machi warned her not to try to escape.
• Chrollo remembered meeting Hisoka that morning, fighting him, and throwing A Luo toward him before leaving.
• Chrollo removed the seal on A Luo's mouth, asked who Hisoka was, and questioned whether Hisoka could take on all the Spiders at once.

A Luo remained with the Spiders after Hisoka called and then arrived at the hotel carrying Omokage’s severed head. Hisoka explained that he had killed Omokage and wanted to duel Chrollo, but Feitan, Machi, and Pakunoda attacked him, leaving Chrollo to join the fight.

• A Luo abandoned her escape plans after Hisoka called and ended the call in a threatening rage.
• Hisoka arrived at the hotel with Omokage’s severed head, scattering the ordinary people in the lobby.
• Chrollo questioned Hisoka about Omokage and A Luo, and Hisoka said Omokage had ambushed him and that he had only just met A Luo.
• Hisoka asked Chrollo for a duel, but Feitan attacked him while Machi and Pakunoda joined the fight.
• Hisoka held his own against the three Spiders until Chrollo opened Skill Hunter and began murmuring.

A Luo was dragged into the fight between Hisoka and the Phantom Troupe and badly injured, while Hisoka stopped fighting and asked to join the group. The Spiders accepted him as Number Four and carried A Luo away before the police and ambulance arrived.

• Chrollo began an incantation, and Hisoka used his Nen to pull A Luo into the Spiders’ attacks as a shield.
• A Luo tried to crawl toward the hotel entrance, but Hisoka stopped fighting and asked Chrollo what the Troupe’s rules required after he killed Omokage.
• Hisoka changed his mind about fighting Chrollo and asked to join the Phantom Troupe.
• Machi explained that Hisoka could take Omokage’s number by killing him, and Chrollo accepted Hisoka as Number Four.
• Feitan noticed A Luo was near death, and the Spiders and Hisoka agreed to save her and fled with her before help arrived.

After A Luo woke from her injuries, Chrollo questioned how she knew so much about Hisoka, and she resolved to be more careful with her secrets. Hisoka then learned the Phantom Troupe’s rules against fighting fellow members, faked his Spider Tattoo, and remained among the Spiders while they kept their distance from him.

• A Luo woke in the Ancient Castle to find Chrollo nearby, and he clarified that he had been reading rather than watching over her.
• When A Luo suggested that Hisoka cook, Chrollo questioned how she knew Hisoka could cook and recognized him as dangerous; A Luo realized she had been careless.
• The Spiders stayed at the villa while Hisoka repeatedly tried to provoke Feitan, but Machi stopped him and explained the rules against fights between members.
• Machi told Hisoka that killing Omokage made him Number 4 and offered to help with his Spider Tattoo, but he declined and used Texture Surprise to create a convincing tattoo.
• Hisoka stayed with the Phantom Troupe, hoping to catch Chrollo alone, while the other Spiders kept a respectful distance from him.

A Luo left Hisoka’s castle with Chrollo and the other Spiders to find a candidate for the vacant Number 8 position. Their search led them to a café, where A Luo recognized the forgetful server as Shizuku.

• A Luo trained harder while staying with the Spiders and resolved to become strong enough to find Malena.
• The Spiders set out after Shalnark found a lead on a new member, while Hisoka asked A Luo to keep an eye on Chrollo and arrange a duel if possible.
• A Luo considered asking Hisoka to help find Malena as the airship carried her and the Spiders south.
• Chrollo led the group from the airship to a café in a depleted mining town, where A Luo recognized the server as Shizuku.
• Shizuku repeatedly forgot a customer’s cappuccino order until he lost his temper and threatened her.

Shizuku killed a customer who attacked her, then forgot the incident as the terrified manager paid her to leave. Chrollo approached her with an offer to join the Phantom Troupe.

• A muscular customer attacked Shizuku, but her Nen defense repelled his punch.
• Shizuku struck the man dead with Blinky and used the vacuum-like Nen ability to remove his corpse and the blood.
• The customers fled, and Shizuku's manager watched the surveillance footage before giving her Jenny and urging her to leave.
• Shizuku accepted the money, removed her employee badge, and prepared to leave the shop.
• Chrollo stopped Shizuku and asked if she was interested in joining the Phantom Troupe.

Chrollo invited Shizuku to join the Phantom Troupe, and A Luo was forced to help her remember the offer until she accepted. To welcome Shizuku, the Spiders planned to rob East Gorteau’s Treasure Festival and give her its prized Star of East Gorteau; the chapter ended as they began the heist.

• Chrollo invited Shizuku to join the Phantom Troupe, and A Luo warned the Spiders that Shizuku would likely forget the offer.
• The Spiders ordered A Luo to stay with Shizuku, and Feitan threatened her until she agreed.
• A Luo reminded Shizuku about joining the Phantom Troupe three times a day until Shizuku accepted on the third morning.
• Chrollo planned a Treasure Festival robbery so the Spiders could give Shizuku the Star of East Gorteau, and Shizuku happily approved.
• A month later, Feitan and A Luo accompanied Shizuku to the festival while Chrollo, Machi, and Pakunoda obtained the vault locations and codes.
• Feitan asked where the others were after they confirmed they had obtained every safe code.

A Luo, Feitan, and Shizuku entered the exhibition hall to steal the Star of East Gorteau, while Feitan worried about a hidden Nen user outside. They opened the crown’s case, but Feitan’s challenge to the unseen opponent left the robbery unresolved.

• Feitan sent A Luo to persuade Shizuku to stop admiring jewelry and follow the plan to the exhibition hall.
• Feitan spotted guards he suspected were created by a hidden Nen user and decided to enter the hall with A Luo and Shizuku anyway.
• Shizuku admired the Star of East Gorteau and clarified that she wanted only its largest pink diamond.
• Shizuku realized the group were thieves and delighted in the prospect of doing exciting things with them.
• Feitan and Shizuku defeated the hall’s guards and used Chrollo’s password to open the crown’s glass case.
• Feitan addressed the hidden person at the entrance and threatened to leave with the jewelry if they did not appear.

Feitan, Shizuku, and A Luo confronted a yellow-haired man whose Nen Force Field trapped Feitan in place. The man released Feitan to dodge the girls’ ranged Nen attack, confirming Feitan’s guess about the ability’s limits.

• Feitan warned someone at the exhibition hall entrance, and a yellow-haired man appeared, lamenting that the Spiders had killed his guards.
• Feitan charged the man but was caught in his Nen Force Field and pinned by its suction.
• A Luo and Shizuku watched as Feitan struggled, and A Luo wrongly suspected the man could block sound when Feitan stayed silent.
• Feitan told Shizuku that the field’s restrictions left the man vulnerable to ranged attacks from a safe distance.
• Shizuku and A Luo fired a powerful Nen projectile, forcing the man to release Feitan and dodge.

A Luo and Shizuku stopped Blondie from escaping during the exhibition hall operation, while Hisoka and Feitan fought after Hisoka rescued him. Chrollo knocked Blondie unconscious and ordered Hisoka and Feitan to obey the Troupe Rules against infighting.

• Hisoka arrived, rescued Blondie from Feitan’s sword with Bungee Gum, and greeted A Luo and Shizuku.
• Feitan attacked Hisoka, and the two fought while Blondie broke free and tried to escape.
• A Luo warned Shizuku that Blondie had seen their faces, so Shizuku summoned Blinky and went after him.
• Chrollo landed in front of Blondie and knocked him unconscious before Shizuku could reach him.
• Chrollo spotted Hisoka and Feitan fighting and reminded them of the Troupe Rules against infighting.

After the Spiders returned to Meteor City with Blondie, Feitan tortured him for information while Hisoka and Feitan nearly resumed their fight. Chrollo went to claim Blondie’s Nen ability as the others settled back into life at the base.

• Chrollo scolded A Luo for not keeping an eye on Feitan and Shizuku, while Hisoka explained that he had joined the Treasure Festival robbery to provoke a fight with Feitan.
• The Spiders left East Gorteau with the jewels and returned to Meteor City the next day.
• Feitan tortured Blondie until he revealed everything he knew, then told Chrollo that Blondie’s Nen ability was ready to be taken.
• Shalnark arrived and asked who had won Hisoka and Feitan’s fight, and Shizuku said Feitan would have lost if it had continued.
• Feitan challenged Hisoka to fight again, but Pakunoda reminded them that members could not fight without settling the matter by Spider Coin toss.
• Hisoka abandoned the challenge, and Chrollo headed into Blondie’s room to take his Nen ability.

Chrollo told A Luo that the Phantom Troupe had learned where the Life Stone was and offered her a choice between revealing her secrets or helping them obtain it. Hoping to earn her freedom and learn where Malena was being held, A Luo agreed to help find the stone.

• A Luo wondered why Chrollo had brought Blondie to Meteor City and suspected the jewelry heist had served another purpose.
• Chrollo revealed that Shalnark's intelligence had confirmed Buta's account and that the Troupe was setting out to find the Life Stone.
• Chrollo offered A Luo the freedom to choose whether to join the expedition, and she asked if she could leave Meteor City if she refused.
• Chrollo told A Luo that Malena was imprisoned after her uncle had arranged the attack on her family.
• Chrollo offered to free A Luo and share Malena's location if she either revealed her secrets or helped the Troupe obtain the Life Stone.
• A Luo rejected the demand to reveal her secrets and agreed to help Chrollo find the Life Stone.