Chapter Summaries

A Luo and Feitan both collapsed after a poisoned blade stopped their fight, while Gon and Killua escaped Nobunaga. As Kurapika became the new captain of the bodyguards, he learned Gon and Killua were safe but received no answer about A Luo.

• A Luo used pills to boost her strength and poisoned Feitan with a dagger, but both fighters collapsed after wounding each other.
• Gon and Killua tricked Nobunaga and escaped, but Nobunaga returned and knocked A Luo unconscious as she tried to kill Feitan.
• Shalnark and Bonolenov captured Owl, while Chrollo arranged for Illumi to assassinate the Ten Dons and abducted Neon to steal her Nen ability.
• Kurapika learned that Neon had been found and Dalzollene had been killed, then accepted the position of captain.
• Gon and Killua called Kurapika to tell him they had escaped, but gave him no answer when he asked whether A Luo was with them.

Kurapika stayed to guard Neon while the Phantom Troupe attacked the auction building, and Chrollo began a Requiem for Uvogin before confronting Silva and Zeno. As the Zoldycks attacked Chrollo, Kurapika wavered over whether to leave Neon and face the Spiders.

• Killua told Kurapika that A Luo had stayed behind to fight a Spider and suggested they wait before planning a rescue.
• Gunfire erupted around the auction building, and Kurapika suspected the Phantom Troupe had launched an attack.
• Nostrade called Kurapika back to guard Neon, so Kurapika returned to her room and tried to stay focused on his duties and revenge.
• Chrollo used the Indoor Fish to kill an assassin, then opened the windows and conducted a Requiem for Uvogin as the city descended into chaos.
• Silva and Zeno reached Chrollo, and after Zeno warned Silva that Chrollo could steal Nen abilities, they attacked him.
• Kurapika watched Neon as the fighting thundered outside and questioned whether he should remain in her room.

After Nobunaga knocked A Luo unconscious, the Phantom Troupe debated whether to keep hunting the Chain User or retreat. Chrollo’s fortunes pushed the group toward leaving, but Hisoka refused to go along with the retreat.

• Machi identified the poison that had paralyzed Feitan, and Shizuku suctioned it from his wound.
• Chrollo realized Pakunoda and Phinks were forbidden from using Nen under a lethal restriction and questioned whether the Troupe should retreat.
• Feitan urged the Troupe to use A Luo to learn about the Chain User, but Hisoka stepped in to prevent anyone from hurting her.
• Chrollo told fortunes for the Troupe, and the members reconsidered the hunt after hearing the death threats in their Prophetic Poems.
• Shalnark and Machi agreed that the mission was otherwise complete, but Hisoka refused to retreat.

Hisoka manipulated the Phantom Troupe with a doctored prophecy, while Chrollo questioned him and pieced together clues about the Chain User. A Luo escaped during the commotion, and Chrollo asked Kortopi whether he could track copied objects.

• Hisoka altered his Prophetic Poem to make the Spiders believe retreating would bring them devastating losses, and Nobunaga tried to attack him.
• Chrollo used Skill Hunter to teleport Nobunaga away, then questioned Hisoka about the abilities he had learned and the person whose identity he would not reveal.
• Chrollo deduced that the Chain User had at least two abilities and considered how the Troupe could investigate and counter him.
• A Luo slipped out of the Spiders' encirclement while they were distracted, and Feitan noticed she was gone.
• Chrollo asked Kortopi whether he could sense the location of something he had copied.

A Luo escaped the Spiders and tried to reach Kurapika, but Chrollo tracked her using Kortopi’s copies and caught her near Yorknew City Hospital. She ended the chapter trapped in Chrollo’s arms, biting him in desperation.

• A Luo called Kurapika from a phone booth, warned him not to come directly, and suggested meeting at Yorknew City Hospital in disguise.
• Chrollo revealed that Kortopi had copied A Luo’s phone and the Scarlet Eyes so the Spiders could track her and Kurapika, while Hisoka chose not to warn them.
• A Luo realized the copies could reveal their locations, messaged Kurapika to ditch the fake Scarlet Eyes, changed clothes, and threw away her phone.
• Chrollo noticed the copies had stopped moving and ordered the Spiders to catch A Luo before she reached her allies.
• The Spiders caught A Luo a street from the hospital, and Chrollo transported her into his arms; she bit him while struggling to escape.

Chrollo captured A Luo while the Spiders rushed to City Hospital, but Kurapika’s plan let A Luo escape with him and Chain Jail-bound Chrollo. Gon and Killua were left in the Spiders’ hands, and Kurapika beat Chrollo in a fit of anger.

• Chrollo questioned A Luo about Uvogin’s death and accused her of being heartless, while she said she had every right to hate him and the Spiders.
• Feitan approached A Luo, but Chrollo refused to hand her over and ordered the Spiders to search for Kurapika at City Hospital.
• An explosion and a blackout caused confusion in the hospital lobby as Gon and Killua ambushed the Spiders, allowing Kurapika to escape with A Luo and Chrollo.
• In the getaway car, A Luo confronted Kurapika about leaving Gon and Killua in the Spiders’ hands, while Kurapika blamed himself for involving them.
• Chrollo told Kurapika that he had planned to capture A Luo regardless of Kurapika’s presence, and Kurapika repeatedly punched the bound prisoner as A Luo mocked him.

Kurapika and his companions held Chrollo captive, but Chrollo calmly claimed he had no value as a hostage. A Luo challenged his view of his importance to the Phantom Troupe, and Kurapika called one of Chrollo’s contacts to negotiate for Gon and Killua.

• Kurapika beat and threatened Chrollo, who remained calm and said his capture posed no danger to him.
• Chrollo claimed Kurapika’s friends were in the Phantom Troupe’s hands and that he had no value as a hostage.
• Melody confirmed that Chrollo was telling the truth and sensed that he lived comfortably alongside death.
• A Luo struck Chrollo and argued that his members might consider him irreplaceable, making him valuable as leverage.
• Kurapika took Chrollo’s phone and called a number to begin negotiating for Gon and Killua.

With Gon and Killua held by the Phantom Troupe, Kurapika negotiated an exchange for Chrollo while A Luo and the others prioritized rescuing the boys over revenge. Hisoka joined the exchange hoping to fight Chrollo, but Chrollo revealed that Kurapika had sealed his Nen ability, leaving Hisoka stunned.

• Phinks tried to provoke Kurapika during a phone negotiation, but Kurapika hung up, and Nobunaga and Pakunoda took over the talks.
• Pakunoda met Kurapika at his designated location while A Luo and Chrollo recognized that neither Kurapika nor A Luo would sacrifice Gon and Killua for revenge.
• Pakunoda left the Spider's base with Gon and Killua despite Phinks's objections, and Hisoka appeared at the airport, demanding to join the airship exchange.
• A Luo persuaded Kurapika to let Hisoka aboard, and Hisoka told her he wanted to fight Chrollo and would wait for her to become stronger.
• At the exchange site, Gon and Killua boarded the airship with Kurapika, while Hisoka removed his fake Spider Tattoo and challenged Chrollo.
• Chrollo told Hisoka that Kurapika had sealed his Nen ability, and Hisoka froze in shock.

After recovering from the battle, A Luo discovered that her Nen Ability had vanished and suspected Chrollo had tampered with it while she was unconscious. She secretly left the group to find a way to restore her Nen, leaving Gon and Killua behind to continue their plans.

• After returning to a safe place in Yorknew City, Kurapika collapsed from overexertion, and A Luo slept for a day to recover from her injuries.
• A Luo woke the next night and realized she could no longer feel or use her Nen.
• Gon and Killua examined A Luo but could not explain what had happened, and Leorio suggested the Spiders might have affected her while she was unconscious.
• A Luo recalled that Chrollo could have used an unknown ability from Skill Hunter to tamper with her Nen, though Kurapika had since sealed Chrollo's Nen.
• A Luo left a note and secretly departed to find a way to restore her Nen, deciding not to expose Gon and Killua to the Spiders again.

A Luo confronted Chrollo over the disappearance of her Nen Ability and condemned him for questioning Pakunoda’s sacrifice. She ordered the Guards she had hired to capture him, while Chrollo remained calm.

• A Luo returned to the rocky place and demanded that Chrollo explain why her Nen Ability had disappeared.
• Chrollo questioned why Pakunoda had sacrificed herself when the Phantom Troupe could have abandoned him.
• A Luo punched Chrollo and told him that the bonds between the members, not the rules, held the Phantom Troupe together.
• Chrollo remembered the troupe’s founding and shed a tear before regaining his composure.
• A Luo confronted Chrollo again and ordered her hired Guards to take him away.

Chrollo admitted that he had sealed A Luo's Nen Ability and offered to restore it if she helped him contact the Spiders, but she negotiated to handle her own affairs first. At the auction, A Luo ran into Feitan and Phinks with Gon and Killua, and Feitan threatened her despite her role as Chrollo's contact.

• A Luo confronted Chrollo, who admitted he had temporarily disabled her Nen Ability while she was unconscious and said he could remove the seal only after his own ability was restored.
• Chrollo asked A Luo to travel east with him, but she refused and negotiated to exchange phone numbers, promising to consider helping him while demanding he restore her ability.
• A Luo returned to the auction, intending to enter Greed Island through Battera's screening.
• A Luo encountered Phinks and Feitan with Gon and Killua, who fled when they recognized the Spiders.
• Feitan threatened A Luo, and she warned him that attacking her could interfere with Chrollo's plan to use her as his contact with the Spiders.

A Luo learned that her sealed Nen Ability made her ineligible for Greed Island, despite accompanying Gon and Killua through their screening preparations. After leaving them to enter the game without her, she headed east to pursue Chrollo.

• Feitan backed down from attacking A Luo, while Phinks told Gon and Killua that Pakunoda had died and wanted to thank them.
• A Luo told Gon and Killua that she had arranged to have her Nen Ability restored, and Battera bought every Greed Island copy at auction.
• Gon and Killua trained intensively, while Kurapika recovered, advised Gon to contact Wing, and later left Yorknew City with Neon.
• Gon and Killua passed Tsezguerra's Greed Island screening, but A Luo realized she could not demonstrate her sealed Nen Ability and was ineligible to enter.
• A Luo explained her situation to Gon and Killua, then left to pursue Chrollo, while Gon relayed her message that they should seek an Exorcist in the game.

A Luo followed Chrollo east from Yorknew City, hoping to regain her ability by making him remove the Nen affecting her. Their journey together began with a dispute over who would pay for noodles, and Chrollo returned just as A Luo declared she was done following him.

• A Luo caught up with Chrollo in a small town and agreed to travel with him while insisting he remove the Nen once she recovered.
• A Luo told Chrollo she had tried contacting an Exorcist but could not locate the old woman.
• At a noodle shop, A Luo paid for her own beef noodles but refused to pay for Chrollo's meal.
• Chrollo left the shop, and A Luo angrily declared she would eat her noodles and go her own way.
• Chrollo returned while A Luo was eating, and she asked what he had come back for.

A Luo, Chrollo, and Hisoka discussed finding an Exorcist who could restore Chrollo’s sealed Nen Ability, and learned that the man was inside Greed Island. A Luo arranged for the Spiders to search the game while she and Chrollo headed east, considering whether they could enter Greed Island from the real world.

• Chrollo returned to the noodle shop after pawning something for Jenny and joined A Luo when Hisoka arrived.
• Hisoka revealed that he had heard of a skilled Exorcist inside Greed Island, and Chrollo demanded that they find him.
• A Luo called Shalnark and told him to have the Spiders search Greed Island and bring the Exorcist out.
• Hisoka complained that A Luo had sent the Spiders to look for him before he had decided whether to enter the game himself.
• A Luo left with Chrollo, eager to investigate whether they could reach Greed Island without using the game.

A Luo and Chrollo tried to enter Greed Island from the real-world island but Razor expelled them, leaving them stranded in a forest. After contacting the Phantom Troupe and learning they still had no lead on the Exorcist, they reached the NGL Autonomous Region, where A Luo realized the Ant Queen was nearby.

• A Luo tried to persuade Razor to let her and Chrollo onto Greed Island, but he used an Eliminate card to expel them.
• A Luo called the Phantom Troupe and learned they had not found the Exorcist Hisoka mentioned; she warned them that Razor would expel anyone attempting to enter from the real world.
• Chrollo led A Luo east through a forest until they reached a remote village.
• A Luo learned they were in the NGL Autonomous Region and considered eliminating the Ant Queen before she could grow stronger.
• The people of NGL discovered A Luo and Chrollo's whereabouts.

A Luo and Chrollo were trapped in the NGL Autonomous Nation after an Exclusion Card dropped them there, so A Luo hired Illumi to get them out. Once safe, she commissioned him to investigate the Chimera Ants and kill them if he found them, hoping to prevent the coming catastrophe.

• A Luo and Chrollo fled NGL's armed personnel and hid in a cave because their clothes and belongings violated the nation's laws.
• A Luo persuaded Chrollo to contact the Zoldyck Family, then hired Illumi at a twenty-percent discount to escort them out of NGL.
• While waiting for Illumi, A Luo worried that the Chimera Ant queen might already be in NGL and considered how stopping her could change future events.
• A Luo asked Illumi to investigate reports of Chimera Ant attacks, and he quoted one billion Jenny for the job.
• After Illumi dropped A Luo and Chrollo near Yorknew City, A Luo paid him to investigate the Chimera Ants and kill them if he found them.

After spending all her money paying Illumi to investigate the Chimera Ants, A Luo and Chrollo gambled to afford food and shelter, then went to Yorknew City to plan how to reach the Exorcist on Greed Island. Chrollo’s pursuers attacked them, and A Luo was crushed by falling stone; Chrollo rescued her and collapsed while carrying her to medical help.

• A Luo paid Illumi a billion Jenny to investigate the Chimera Ants, leaving herself and Chrollo nearly penniless.
• Chrollo won several million Jenny at a casino, and the pair ate at a restaurant and stayed at a five-star hotel.
• A Luo and Chrollo settled into her Yorknew City apartment and discussed the Exorcist on Greed Island and the Spider members’ plan to reach him.
• A Luo learned that Killua had passed the Hunter Exam and that he and Gon had encountered the Exorcist in Greed Island.
• While A Luo watched Chrollo fight people seeking revenge against him, a falling stone crushed her and left her unconscious.
• Chrollo fought off the attackers, carried A Luo toward medical help, and collapsed from his wounds.

A Luo awoke healed on a remote island and met Luca Reno, who claimed to be her younger uncle and said he had rescued her. After a month of confinement and mysterious potions that made her Nen flicker, A Luo decided to fight Luca when her power returned.

• A Luo woke in a hospital room on an island and discovered that her injuries had healed.
• Luca Reno introduced himself as A Luo's younger twin uncle and claimed he had found and rescued her in Yorknew City.
• Luca told A Luo that she had slept for over two months and that they were in the dangerous Dark Forest, then kept her on the island.
• A Luo's Nen remained unresponsive, and she saw Luca feed enormous glowing fish with a beast from the forest.
• Luca secretly gave A Luo potions at night, causing her Nen to come and go, while she spent a month trapped on the island.
• When her familiar power returned on a full-moon night, A Luo pretended to be unconscious and resolved to fight Luca.

A Luo escaped Luka after discovering he had been secretly testing drugs on her, then rescued Chrollo from a tree house in the forest. Back in town, she learned it was May and called the Zoldyck Family to speak to Illumi.

• A Luo used a poisoned needle to incapacitate Luka, took his drugs, and forced him to reveal that he was the man who had escaped the Life Stone.
• A Luo realized Luka had targeted her while trying to recover his stolen Nen Ability, and demanded to know where Chrollo was.
• Luka told A Luo that Chrollo was unconscious in a tree house near the lake, so she knocked Luka out, tied him up, and carried him there.
• A Luo removed the Sleeping Gas keeping Chrollo unconscious, then carried both men out of the forest because Chrollo was too weak to walk.
• A Luo learned it was May, bought a new phone with Luka's money, and called the Zoldyck Family to ask for Illumi.

A Luo learned that Illumi’s assignment to kill the Chimera Ant had been canceled, then chose to keep Chrollo alive so she could preserve her Nen Ability. She contacted Shalnark and arranged for him to bring an Exorcist, while he slipped away from Hisoka and flew to meet her.

• A Luo called Gotoh, learned Illumi had not completed the Chimera Ant assignment, and reassured him that Killua would overcome his dangers.
• Gon, Killua, and Kite entered the NGL Autonomous Region after surrendering their phones and traveling through the forest on horseback.
• Chrollo woke after A Luo rescued him, but his weakening condition forced her to decide whether to let him die or preserve his life to protect her Nen Ability.
• A Luo paid to contact Shalnark and told him to come alone with an Exorcist without alerting Hisoka.
• Shalnark diverted Hisoka with a false lead, while Machi attacked Hisoka to stall him and Shalnark escaped.
• Shalnark flew to A Luo’s location with the Exorcist.