Chapter Summaries

A Luo, now living as seven-year-old Lola Reno in the Hunter x Hunter world, tried to avoid her father’s dream of making her the strongest fighter and struggled through another loss at Heavens Arena. Hungry after being denied dinner, she sneaked toward the kitchen and encountered a silver-haired child who had struck her neck.

• A Luo lost another Heavens Arena match, was mocked by her opponent, and limped home to Malena’s dessert shop.
• Malena treated A Luo’s injuries, while A Luo reflected on her life as Lola Reno and her father Fan'en Reno’s ambition for her to become the strongest at Heavens Arena.
• A Luo resolved to stay out of the coming story and live quietly, despite knowing the Hunter Exam was still six years away and Hisoka was near Heavens Arena.
• After Fan'en punished her for losing by withholding dinner, A Luo crept toward the kitchen to look for dessert.
• A dark figure struck A Luo in the neck, but she dodged behind a cupboard and saw a silver-haired child holding a plate of strawberry mousse.

A Luo befriended the silver-haired boy Killua over stolen desserts, then learned he was from the Zoldyck Family and worried about the dangers around Heavens Arena. After Fan En intensified her training, A Luo found Killua gravely wounded in an alley and carried him home.

• A Luo and the little squirt ended their standoff by sharing desserts, and the boy disappeared without telling her his name.
• The little squirt returned for several nights before introducing himself as Killua and mentioning that his father had left him at Heavens Arena.
• A Luo realized Killua was the Zoldyck Family's Killua, worried about Illumi, and decided to face whatever came rather than try to move away.
• Fan En doubled A Luo's training under Laisen's supervision and threatened to increase it again if she failed to improve.
• A Luo found an unconscious, badly wounded Killua among several corpses in an alley and took him home.

A Luo secretly cared for the injured Killua, who stayed with her and pushed her through a month of training. After returning to Heavens Arena, A Luo defeated Boro and advanced to the 80th floor, while Killua had already reached the 100th.

• A Luo hid the unconscious Killua in her room, treated his wounds, and introduced him to Malena as her friend the next morning.
• Killua joined A Luo’s training and spent the afternoon criticizing her, while Laisen reported the boy’s unusual talent and fighting skills to Fan'en Reno.
• Over the next month, Killua kept A Luo from slacking off; she later made him chocolate with sweet pepper filling, and he retaliated by making her drink ginger tea.
• Fan'en ended A Luo’s intensive training and sent her back to Heavens Arena, where she entered the 60th floor while Killua headed to the 100th.
• A Luo evaded Boro’s attack, knocked him unconscious with a strike to a pressure point, and advanced to the 80th floor.

A Luo reached the 100th floor of Heavens Arena and narrowly won a difficult match by pretending to be unconscious before striking her opponent. After she fled in terror at the sight of Illumi, he questioned Killua about her and decided to visit her home.

• A Luo thanked Killua for helping her reach the 100th floor, then struggled against a faster, stronger opponent.
• A Luo pretended to pass out and surprised her opponent with a knife-hand strike, winning the match despite being badly hurt.
• While watching Killua fight Bobby, A Luo spotted Illumi, panicked, and ran home to hide.
• Illumi wondered whether A Luo recognized him and decided to visit her and Killua that night.
• After his match, Killua encountered Illumi, heard his message from their mother and father, and claimed A Luo was just another competitor.
• Illumi questioned Killua about A Luo, then vanished silently.

A Luo feared Illumi after his unsettling prank and tried to protect herself by feeding him sweets and bluffing about horror movies. The next day, Killua revealed his family’s assassination background and explained why he had been sent to Heavens Arena.

• A Luo analyzed Illumi’s behavior, then sneaked desserts from the kitchen in hopes that sweets would keep him from attacking her.
• Illumi appeared in A Luo’s room and interrogated her about her name, her relationship with Killua, and why she feared him.
• A Luo claimed a horror movie had frightened her, and she and Illumi watched horror films through the night while he ate her snacks.
• Killua asked A Luo whether anything had happened the night before, then told her his family were assassins and his father had sent him to reach Heavens Arena’s 200th floor.
• Killua declared that he was enjoying his freedom and had no desire to return home, leaving A Luo to reconsider feeling sorry for him.

After A Luo lost a match, she persuaded Fan'en Reno to let her resume special training, then struggled with insomnia. Two years later, Killua reached the two-hundredth floor of Heavens Arena and left to return to the Zoldyck estate, while Illumi hurried to welcome him home.

• A Luo played dead after being knocked down twice, and Killua dragged her back to his room to treat her injuries.
• A Luo told Fan'en Reno that her injuries upset Malena, and he agreed to restart her special training while warning her that a martial artist had to face pain and danger.
• A Luo tossed and turned with insomnia, while Feitan sneezed at the Phantom Troupe's base and Machi said someone was talking about him.
• Over the next two years, Killua outgrew A Luo, reached the two-hundredth floor of Heavens Arena, and prepared to leave for home.
• Malena packed Killua's favorite food, while Kikyo prepared to welcome him and Illumi hurried to finish his work so he could meet him at the estate.
• Killua and A Luo sat together in a café as Illumi's banquet host collapsed in agony aboard a cruise ship.

After saying goodbye to Killua, A Luo returned to her family’s dessert shop and found her parents under attack by men demanding the Life Stone. Fan'en Reno fought back with a strange Nen avatar, but the attackers’ next move left his real body’s dagger strike passing harmlessly through it.

• Killua said goodbye to A Luo, while she privately resolved to move her family away before the plot began.
• A Luo returned to the closed dessert shop, sensed blood, and was knocked unconscious in the hallway.
• A Luo woke in her parents’ bedroom beside Laisen’s corpse as a brown-haired man threatened her and demanded the Life Stone from Fan'en Reno.
• Malena protested that her brother Vito would not harm her family, but the intruder said Vito wanted the Life Stone for Battera’s fortune.
• Fan'en Reno summoned a muscular blond, blue-eyed avatar that fought the brown-haired man, who revealed Reno’s history at Heavens Arena and mocked his Nen ability.
• Fan'en Reno’s real body rose and stabbed at the avatar, but the dagger passed through without drawing blood.

A Luo witnessed Fan'en Reno die while saving her, then learned that Malena was the eldest daughter of the Corleone Family and had been taken away. After vowing to rescue her mother, A Luo was knocked unconscious by an arriving stranger she suspected was Chrollo.

• The brown-haired man controlled Fan'en Reno's real body and Malena, but Fan'en Reno's avatar stopped his body from killing A Luo before the brown-haired man decapitated him.
• Fan'en Reno's avatar fought the brown-haired man, who was injured and fled with Malena while leaving his black-clad men behind.
• As his avatar faded, Fan'en Reno told A Luo that Malena was Vito Corleone's sister and urged A Luo to rescue her and live well.
• A Luo set Fan'en Reno's head beside his body and vowed to rescue Malena, then struggled with grief and thoughts of revenge.
• A rough-voiced newcomer called someone boss and knocked A Luo unconscious; she glimpsed a slick-haired man in a black fur coat and wondered if he was Chrollo.

The Phantom Troupe brought A Luo to their Meteor City base, where Chrollo investigated her memories and closely analyzed her reactions. He deduced that she feared a missing member and correctly identified Feitan.

• Chrollo had Pakunoda probe A Luo’s memories and learned that she knew about Pakunoda’s ability despite having only recently learned about Nen.
• Pakunoda’s ability revealed only A Luo’s memories from after her transmigration, leaving her past-life memories inaccessible.
• The Phantom Troupe brought A Luo to its Meteor City base, where she felt relieved that Feitan was absent.
• Chrollo questioned A Luo about her reaction, and she knocked herself unconscious rather than answer.
• After questioning Phinks and Shalnark, Chrollo deduced that A Luo feared someone who was not at the base and identified Feitan.

A Luo tried to keep her secrets from Chrollo while being forced into cooking for the Phantom Troupe. After the Spiders ate all her breakfast without leaving her any, she refused to cook lunch until they paid her, then fed everyone properly.

• Chrollo suspected A Luo knew about Feitan's interrogation skills, and Shalnark said Feitan would return to the base soon with the Scarlet Eyes sold.
• A Luo resolved to keep quiet about the manga world, then woke hungry and was recruited by Machi to help cook.
• The Spiders devoured A Luo's breakfast dishes, including the congee, leaving her with nothing to eat; Shalnark also warned that Feitan was on his way back.
• After A Luo stalled on lunch, the Spiders offered her a phone, a ruby, and an outfit as payment for the food.
• A Luo accepted the payment, cooked lunch, and served the dishes together so she could eat with the Spiders.

A Luo feared Feitan’s return and the interrogation he would bring, but she began confessing to Chrollo after Feitan hurt her. She claimed she had died in a previous life as Kasuga, a Zoldyck Family butler, and been reborn in Lola’s body, leaving Chrollo’s reaction unclear.

• A Luo cooked lavish meals for the Spiders after accepting their gifts, while Chrollo arranged for Shalnark to summon Feitan.
• A Luo dreamed of Feitan torturing her and dreaded his return, then continued cooking while Chrollo urged her to confess her secrets.
• When Feitan returned to the base two days later, Phinks warned him not to injure A Luo’s hands, and the two fought outside.
• Feitan took A Luo to the interrogation room, where Chrollo offered her leniency if she confessed.
• After Feitan injured A Luo’s left little finger, she appealed to Chrollo and began explaining that she had been reborn as Lola after dying as Kasuga, a Zoldyck Family butler.

A Luo tried to convince Chrollo that she had learned about the Phantom Troupe from the Zoldyck Family, and Shalnark’s investigation confirmed key details of her account. Chrollo judged her story more credible but still suspected she was mixing truth with lies.

• A Luo named the Zoldyck Family members and her fellow butlers, then said Alluka’s Nen ability had something to do with her death.
• Chrollo ordered Shalnark to investigate A Luo’s claims, while A Luo refused to cook after Feitan injured her finger.
• After A Luo skipped three meals, she returned to cooking because the Phantom Troupe could not tolerate Machi’s food.
• Shalnark reported that A Luo had never left the Heavens Arena area, her information about the Zoldycks and their butlers checked out, and the family was investigating the Troupe.
• Chrollo said A Luo’s story was more credible but concluded that she had mixed truth with lies.

Chrollo concluded that A Luo had truly been reborn but was hiding how she knew about the Zoldyck Family and the Phantom Troupe, and he ordered the Spiders to treat her as a dangerous collectible. After Shalnark confronted A Luo about favoring Uvogin, she reflected on how he was the only one who had treated her as a person and cried over the family she had lost.

• Chrollo told Shalnark that A Luo's claim of being reborn was true, though her former identity and source of knowledge remained unknown.
• Shalnark summarized the danger of the Zoldyck Family's investigation for Feitan, Uvogin, and Phinks, and Chrollo ordered the members to treat A Luo as a potentially dangerous collectible.
• At lunch, A Luo noticed the Spiders acting strangely toward her, then asked Uvogin why he had barely spoken to her; Uvogin brushed off her concern and requested extra beef in his soup.
• Shalnark questioned why A Luo approached Uvogin more readily than the other Spiders and suggested she knew them all despite never meeting them before.
• A Luo admitted to herself that Uvogin had been kinder because he had asked her name, then cried as she remembered that she could never return to her loving family.

After No. 8 survived an assassination attempt, Chrollo told the Phantom Troupe that the Zoldyck Family had been hired to kill them. A Luo learned the Council of Elders had commissioned the assassins after the Troupe rejected their recruitment and repeatedly clashed with Meteor City's factions.

• Silva read information about the Phantom Troupe and regretted missing the chance to bring Kikyo back to Meteor City.
• The returning Troupe members visited Lola and joined the growing crowd ordering A Luo's food, while Chrollo stopped investigating her.
• No. 8 was attacked upon returning to Meteor City but survived by using substitute puppets prepared after Shalnark's warning.
• Chrollo gathered the Troupe and announced that the Zoldyck Family had been hired to assassinate them.
• The Spiders discussed the attack, and A Luo learned that the Council of Elders had hired the Zoldycks after the Troupe rejected recruitment and resisted the council's control.
• Feitan and Phinks had been sent to investigate the matter.

Chrollo ordered the Phantom Troupe to kill the Council of Elders members who had hired the Zoldyck Family, while A Luo struggled to secure protection and survive the coming violence. As the Spiders prepared to leave, she still had no escape plan and feared being caught between the assassins and the Troupe.

• Chrollo ordered the Spiders to target the Elders who had commissioned the Zoldyck Family, and Uvogin eagerly welcomed the massacre.
• Chrollo assigned injured Number Eight and Machi to remain at the base with him as bait while the other Spiders attacked the Elders.
• A Luo followed Chrollo to his room and asked what she should do during the fighting, but he said he could replace her unless she offered information in exchange for his protection.
• A Luo considered fleeing Meteor City but realized she could not survive the journey without food or defend herself from the people there.
• The Spiders finally prepared to leave and begin their attack as A Luo remained uncertain how she would survive the chaos.

A Luo realized Silva Zoldyck had attacked the Phantom Troupe, but Chrollo threw her into the fight, leaving her gravely wounded. Her warning about Alluka distracted Silva long enough for Chrollo and Machi to injure him badly, and Chrollo returned from checking on No. 8 with a troubled expression.

• A Luo woke to intense Nen pressure and recognized Chrollo's Skill Hunter book, suspecting Silva Zoldyck had come to attack.
• Machi fought Silva while Chrollo watched, and A Luo tried to escape the crossfire after Machi was forced back and spat blood.
• Chrollo grabbed A Luo and hurled her at Silva, and she evaded his fatal strike before telling him Alluka's ability could heal and might grant wishes without a price.
• Silva wounded A Luo in the abdomen but hesitated after her warning, allowing Chrollo to attack and severely injure him.
• Silva retreated, and Chrollo went to check on No. 8 before returning to tell Machi they had been too careless.

After surviving Silva’s attack, A Luo endured Chrollo’s examination while the Phantom Troupe recovered and discussed the failed assassination. Chrollo gave the Spiders a book about rare gemstones, whose description of the Life Stone left A Luo wondering whether it had created her.

• Chrollo told Machi that No. 8 was dead and asked whether Silva would return; Machi trusted her intuition that he would not, and Chrollo agreed.
• Machi used Nen thread to stitch up her own thigh and A Luo’s wounds, while Chrollo tested A Luo’s unusually fast healing by reopening injuries.
• At dawn, the returning Phantom Troupe members questioned A Luo about surviving Silva’s attack, and she explained that Machi’s stitches had helped save her.
• Chrollo handed the Spiders a book titled “The Mysteries of the Ten Rarest Gemstones” and went upstairs to sleep.
• The Spiders read that the Life Stone could create people with exceptional vitality, and A Luo wondered if her parents had created her with it.

A Luo resented Chrollo for treating her like a test subject, then hoped to escape Meteor City by leaving with Uvogin. Chrollo instead forced her Nen to awaken, and she survived the ordeal only to discover Uvogin had already left without her.

• Shalnark reported that Silva Zoldyck had returned to Kukuroo Mountain, and Chrollo concluded the Zoldyck job had ended with the client's death.
• After the other Spiders prepared to leave Meteor City, A Luo asked Uvogin to take her along, and Chrollo neither agreed nor objected.
• On the morning Uvogin was due to leave, Chrollo struck A Luo with Nen to force her awakening and told her to imagine her aura flowing through her body.
• A Luo endured intense pain and gradually brought the rampaging aura under control, awakening her Nen.
• A Luo realized Uvogin had already left, leaving her at the base with Chrollo, Pakunoda, Machi, and Feitan.

After awakening Nen, A Luo tried Water Divination but could not determine her affinity, while Chrollo and Feitan mocked her as useless. Feitan secretly interfered with her test, then checked it himself and concluded that she had no Nen affinity at all.

• A Luo resented Chrollo for forcibly awakening her Nen and added him to her book of grudges.
• Chrollo dismissed A Luo as dead weight and told the Spiders they would set out the next day to scout for a new member after No. 8 was assassinated by the Zoldyck Family.
• A Luo secretly tested her Nen affinity with Water Divination, but the glass showed no clear change.
• Feitan revealed that he had moved the leaf to mislead A Luo, then ordered her to make soup in exchange for his protection on the road.
• After A Luo went to the kitchen, Feitan tested the water himself, smashed the glass, and declared that she had no Nen affinity.

After realizing Feitan had slept unusually deeply, Chrollo questioned A Luo about her Witch Soup before the group departed Meteor City aboard a hijacked airship. A Luo vomited after Feitan killed an airline employee who tried to take her hostage, and the airship took off with her aboard.

• Chrollo asked Feitan and A Luo about the Witch Soup after Feitan overslept, and A Luo and Feitan argued over whether wine had made him drunk.
• Machi and Pakunoda interrupted their bickering to ask A Luo about lunch, while Chrollo wondered how quickly she had grown close to the Spiders.
• Chrollo, Feitan, Machi, Pakunoda, and A Luo left to seek new companions, traveling to an airship outside Meteor City.
• A Luo boarded the airship and realized the Spiders had hijacked it, then watched Feitan head for the cockpit.
• Feitan killed a hidden airline employee who tried to seize A Luo as a hostage, and A Luo vomited in shock.
• The airship took off with A Luo aboard.