Chapter Summaries

Dio visited the Zoldyck Family with Kikyo and presented the unconscious Illumi to Silva. Silva accepted Dio as a qualified teacher for Kikyo and invited him to lunch, where Dio began to explain why he had come.

• Silva greeted Dio, and Dio revealed that Kikyo had forgotten the gifts he had bought and brought her unconscious brother Illumi instead.
• Silva considered Dio's abilities and Kikyo's trust in him, then decided to let Kikyo choose whether to become his student.
• Silva carried Illumi into the residence and led Dio and Kikyo to a lavish reception room for lunch.
• Tsubone took Illumi away to rest while Amane set the table, surprised to see the eldest young master unconscious.
• Dio told Silva he had come for two things, and Silva said he already knew about Kikyo becoming Dio's student and would leave the decision to her.

Dio asked Silva to hire an assassin to help kill Pariston Hill, while Silva insisted Kikyo would return to the Zoldyck Family and become an assassin. Silva accepted the job with a one-billion-Jenny deposit, leaving Dio short of money until Cheadle called him.

• Dio asked Silva whether he would still let Kikyo become a Hunter instead of an assassin, and Silva insisted she would return to the Zoldyck Family and inherit her calling.
• Dio gave Silva a card bearing Pariston Hill's name and asked the Zoldyck Family to help kill him; Silva investigated Pariston and found almost no information.
• Silva accepted the job without setting the final price and offered to refund the deposit if the mission failed.
• Silva demanded a one-billion-Jenny deposit, and Dio realized he had less than half that amount.
• Dio decided to call Cheadle for money, but Cheadle called him first.

Dio borrowed one billion Jenny from Cheadle to hire Silva as a collaborator in the election, while asking his teacher to help with a new Nen ability. After agreeing to leave in three days, Dio stayed with the Zoldyck Family to guide Kikyo.

• Cheadle angrily called Dio for visiting her mother instead of preparing for the election, and Dio claimed he had found a collaborator.
• Dio borrowed one billion Jenny from Cheadle and asked her to advise him on his new ability, despite admitting he planned to compete against her.
• Cheadle explained that her mother had sent Dio [Seeds] to the Hunter Association headquarters, revealing how she learned about his visit.
• Cheadle warned Dio to arrive in three days with his collaborator certified or face disqualification.
• Dio transferred Silva the one-billion-Jenny deposit, and Silva told him to prioritize his own safety if a client died before a mission ended.

Dio trained Kikyo in freezing conditions while preparing to leave the Republic of Padokea, and he told her she would have to find him herself if she wanted to meet again. Cheadle briefed Biscuit on the upcoming Vice Chairman Election, beginning to explain what had happened four days earlier.

• Dio made Kikyo train in freezing rain as part of her Nen instruction, while Silva and Dio’s agreement required her to study assassin skills twice as hard.
• Dio told Kikyo he would leave the next day and would not give her his contact information, but said she could find him herself.
• Biscuit arrived late at Cheadle’s office and asked about the Vice Chairman Election.
• Biscuit said the old man had changed the election rules, and Cheadle began explaining the events of four days earlier.

Dio and Silva left Kikyo at Palasta Airport after warning her to train and protect herself, while Chairman Netero gathered Hunters at the Association headquarters for a special mission. As preparations continued, Mizaistom and Cheadle assembled combat specialists who could withstand the information disclosure required by Certification.

• Dio and Silva told Kikyo to study her skills and Nen, and Dio warned her not to die before choosing whether to become a Hunter or an Assassin.
• After Dio and Silva departed, Kikyo considered becoming a Hunter and wondered whether she could find Dio on Whale Island.
• Ciyutuo met Netero and Beans at Hunter Association headquarters and urged them to take the Ochima Federation's Special Agenda seriously.
• Kanzai confronted Pariston, and Mizaistom asked Netero whether early arrivals should undergo Certification before everyone arrived.
• Netero said they would certify whoever had arrived when the time came, and Biscuit and Cheadle joined the group.
• Mizaistom recognized that Cheadle, like him, had chosen capable Nen users such as Biscuit to handle Certification's requirement to disclose their identities.

Dio and Silva raced to the Hunter Association rooftop after their airship was delayed, arriving just before the Election deadline. Dio joined the waiting Candidates in the final minute, and Cheadle confirmed he was not late.

• Cheadle, Biscuit, and Mizaistom waited for Dio while Kanzai told Mizaistom he would not help fight Cheadle.
• Pariston calmly counted down, confident that Dio's arrival would not threaten him because of [Evil Hidden King].
• Dio realized the airship was directly above his destination and opened its cabin door despite the flight attendant's protests.
• Dio and Silva leaped from the airship, controlled their Nen Aura, and plunged through the clouds toward the Hunter Association Building.
• Dio and Silva crashed onto the rooftop in a burst of golden and purple light, knocking Ciyutuo down.
• Dio greeted the group and asked if he was late, while Cheadle checked her phone and confirmed that one minute remained.

Dio arrived at the Hunter Association election gathering with Silva and found Biscuit pretending to flirt with him. Cheadle dragged Biscuit away, and Mizaistom asked Netero to begin now that everyone was present.

• Dio and Silva landed on the Hunter Association building, where Netero recognized Silva and recalled his family.
• Cheadle welcomed Dio and wondered about the strength of the unfamiliar man accompanying him.
• Biscuit rushed over, called Dio her big brother, and offered him a massage while privately plotting to win his affection and then dump him.
• Dio asked Biscuit who she was, and she introduced herself as a Two-Star Gem Hunter and invited him to visit her.
• Cheadle grabbed Biscuit by the collar and dragged her away, then realized from Netero's look where Biscuit had learned her behavior.
• Mizaistom asked Netero to begin the election proceedings because everyone had arrived.

Ciyutuo told the Hunters that the Shizai incident was a genuine Level Two Crisis, not an urban legend. He began recounting how a hotel appeared in Strevela City in 1972 after traveling a hundred kilometers through thin air.

• Biscuit, Cheadle, Kanzai, Mizaistom, and Silva introduced themselves and their collaborators to Netero.
• Pariston questioned Silva’s association with Dio, and Dio revealed that Pariston had invited Ging, who refused to attend.
• Dio and Pariston discussed the coming operation as a possible game, deepening Ciyutuo’s concern that the Hunters might not take the crisis seriously.
• Ciyutuo asked whether the Hunters had heard of the Shizai incident and the legend of the Phantom City, then identified it as a real Level Two Crisis from twenty-five years earlier.
• Ciyutuo recounted how Shizai hotel appeared in Wuyue Grand Square in Strevela City in 1972, having moved there from Dalatran City a hundred kilometers away.

Ciyutuo explained that the Shizai Hotel’s unexplained relocation was linked to the disappearance of Stella City, later called the Phantom City. He recounted classified records describing a failed investigation and the city’s destruction, leaving the cause unknown.

• Biscuit and Dio suspected Nen abilities might explain how the Shizai Hotel had moved, while Mizaistom argued that a Cooperative Type would have caused too much disturbance.
• Ciyutuo revealed that the hotel had appeared in Stella City, a place Cheadle had never heard of because it vanished before she was born.
• Ciyutuo recounted that a Secret Investigation Division team entered the hotel in 1972 and was wiped out three hours later.
• Ciyutuo described how communications with the remaining investigators were cut, then a military detachment found Stella City missing and an enormous pit in its place.
• Ciyutuo said the authorities erased records of Stella City, while a handful of people still awaited the official investigation’s results.

Ciyutuo explained that Stella City’s possible return could unleash the water stored in Rusty Lake and cause catastrophic flooding downstream. After Ciyutuo begged the Hunters to prevent the city from reappearing at its original site, Dio stopped him from bowing again and promised the Hunter Association would investigate and resolve the crisis.

• Ciyutuo described the economic devastation caused by Stella City’s disappearance twenty-five years earlier.
• Ciyutuo revealed that bricks from Stella City had recently fallen from the sky near Rusty Lake, suggesting the phantom city might return.
• Ciyutuo warned that the city’s return at its original site could displace the lake’s water, overwhelm downstream levees, and flood nearby settlements.
• Ciyutuo dropped to his knees and begged the Hunters to prevent the catastrophe.
• Dio used Ripple to keep Ciyutuo from bowing again and promised the Hunter Association would investigate and resolve the matter.

The Zodiacs debated how to handle Ciyutuo’s commission without letting their election rivalry cause needless deaths. Pariston proposed pursuing Mori the Facelift Artisan alongside the mission, turning the target’s death into a contest among the four participants.

• Pariston questioned how to determine the winner, while Cheadle argued that the Hunters should prioritize Ciyutuo’s commission over their election.
• Cheadle and Mizaistom warned Pariston after he insinuated that Cheadle was criticizing Chairman Netero in front of an outsider.
• Dio stepped between Cheadle and Pariston and challenged Pariston to offer a solution.
• Pariston revealed a confidential report that Mori the Facelift Artisan, one of the Fuji Four Thieves, had been spotted at Rusty Great Lake.
• Pariston proposed that the four participants complete Ciyutuo’s commission and compete to kill Mori.

Netero sent Dio and the others to Rusty Great Lake to kill Mori before Ciyutuo’s commission deadline. As the group hurried toward the mission, Cheadle warned Dio about Biscuit, while Silva uncovered the Fuji Four Thieves’ fearsome history.

• Netero assigned Dio and six others to find and kill Mori at Rusty Great Lake, setting Ciyutuo’s commission deadline as their time limit.
• Cheadle asked Biscuit about the Fuji Four Thieves while they drove to the airport, and Biscuit recalled possibly meeting Dio in the Hunter Association headquarters.
• Cheadle sent Dio a photo of Biscuit in her muscular form and warned him not to underestimate her, adding that she would not reveal Biscuit’s age.
• Silva found that the Fuji Four Thieves had five members, all rated A-class, and had once annihilated nearly a thousand soldiers without losing anyone.
• Dio wondered why the gang had vanished, but Silva said the Zoldyck Family had found no explanation.

Dio and Silva survived an ambush on the highway and suspected Pariston had arranged it to delay them. As the airport rushed its airships into takeoff, Cheadle and Biscuit departed without Dio, expecting him to arrive late.

• Silva told Dio that his contacts had found no useful information, and the two recalled how Pariston had vanished during their pursuit.
• An assassin ambushed Dio and Silva from a speeding taxi, but Dio spotted him and Silva killed him with two Nen attacks.
• Dio concluded that Pariston had arranged the attack to delay them and sprinted toward the airport with Silva.
• At Loi City Airport, Cheadle noticed that Dio had not arrived while the airships began taking off and guessed that Pariston had held him up.
• Biscuit boarded the airship, and she and Cheadle prepared to leave without Dio.

Dio and Silva chased down Cheadle and Biscuit’s airship using Dio’s Nen Beast, then boarded and encountered Biscuit. Dio discovered Biscuit’s embarrassing interest in a magazine and used the secret to silence her, while Silva secured their room.

• Biscuit dismissed Dio’s many Nen abilities and advised Cheadle to send him back to study Hunter basics.
• Cheadle gave up waiting at the airport and boarded the last departing airship with Biscuit.
• Dio summoned Misty and carried Silva after the airship, catching it and forcing open its hatch.
• Biscuit admitted that Dio would suit a photo shoot before realizing he was standing behind her.
• Dio threatened to tell Cheadle about Biscuit’s remark, leaving her stunned and unable to retaliate.
• Silva told Dio that their tickets were paid for and their room was 117.

Kunxi met Mori by Rusty Great Lake, where Mori used a mysterious coin trick to warn that something would fall from the sky and flood the area in three days. On an airship, Biscuit hid her recent meetings with Dio from Cheadle, who chose not to reveal that Dio was aboard.

• Kunxi recalled the storm that had struck Dalatran City twenty-five years earlier as he watched Rusty Great Lake.
• Mori told Kunxi that something would fall from the sky in three days and the rising water would reach his position, then won their coin bet through an impossible trick.
• Mori vanished after tossing the coin to Kunxi, who found the Jieying Flower on both sides.
• Cheadle questioned Biscuit about her secretive behavior, and Biscuit concealed that she had been meeting Dio.
• Biscuit planned to beat Dio senseless after they reached their destination, while Cheadle decided not to tell her that Dio was aboard the airship.

Dio examined the Mother and Child Seeds Cheadle had given him and realized they could serve as a long-distance warning system and compass. He prepared for another sparring session with Biscuit, but Cheadle arrived at his room and caught them together.

• Cheadle had delivered Mrs. Yorkshire’s three registered seeds to Dio aboard the airship.
• Dio figured out that a Child Seed sprouting would alert the Mother Seed holder and point toward the seed’s location.
• Dio gave Silva a Child Seed so Silva could call for help if he encountered Pariston.
• Dio went to meet Biscuit for their sparring session, while planning to jump ship the next day to avoid her.
• Biscuit warned Dio not to reveal her secret, but Cheadle arrived and questioned why Biscuit was at Dio’s room.

Dio arranged a two-on-one spar with Cheadle and Biscuit to trade thirty minutes of surviving their attacks for intelligence. He learned that the Fuji Four Thieves were believed to be alive but incapacitated, and heard details of the disaster at the Shizai Hotel 25 years earlier.

• Cheadle and Biscuit discovered that Dio had already known Biscuit was aboard the airship, then joined him in a sparring match that left him bruised.
• Dio explained to Silva that he had used the spar to obtain intelligence from Cheadle, since the Hunter election rules restricted cooperation.
• Dio told Silva that intelligence merchants believed the Fuji Four Thieves were alive but unable to move or reveal themselves.
• Dio recounted that 25 years earlier, the Ochima Federation raided the Shizai Hotel after finding traces of the Fuji Four Thieves, and nearly all 62 investigators and armed personnel were killed.
• Dio said the recovered investigators' corpses had unrecognizable faces and showed the phenomenon called Mismatched Faces.

Mizaistom questioned patrons of an underground tavern in Dalatran City about the Stoneborne Inn and gathered clues linking it to the Fuji Four Thieves. As he spotted a scarlet meteor crashing toward Rusty Lake, its impact shook Dalatran and sparked panic.

• Mizaistom used Restraint to question the tavern patrons and paid them for truthful information about the Stoneborne Inn.
• A former supplier told Mizaistom that the inn ordered unusual plants and animals from the Fujiang Region and left him with an unpaid debt when it disappeared.
• A merchant's account of the inn's frequently changing owners convinced Mizaistom that the Fuji Four Thieves had secretly acquired it.
• Mizaistom spotted a scarlet meteor plunging toward Rusty Lake, and its impact triggered a powerful tremor that sent Dalatran into panic.

Dio and Silva made an emergency jump from their airship toward the disturbance at Rusty Lake, while Mori mistook their arrival for an attack and fled. The chapter left Mori running through the forest as Silva noticed movement in his direction.

• Cheadle identified the disturbance as coming from Rusty Lake and called Mr. Ciyutuo to arrange a cordon.
• Dio and Silva opened the airship hatch and jumped toward the forest near Rusty Lake.
• Mori hid in a tree after hearing the newcomers descend and prepared to fight using his [Stone].
• Mori sensed two more powerful presences arriving, abandoned his plan to fight, and ran in a different direction.
• Dio and Silva emerged from the dust, and Silva noticed movement in the forest.

Dio, Silva, Mizaistom, and Pariston gathered at Rusty Lake, where a hotel had appeared on an island. Mizaistom gave Dio permission to act against Pariston as long as he did it out of his sight.

• Silva sensed a likely Nen user fleeing nearby, but Dio chose to head straight for Rusty Lake with him.
• Mizaistom and Kanzai met Pariston at the lake and discussed the scant information Mizaistom had gathered in Dalatran.
• Mizaistom spotted a building on an island in the lake and wondered whether it was connected to Stella City's disappearance.
• Dio and Silva arrived and recognized the building as a hotel, prompting Dio to resolve the incident quickly.
• Pariston departed in a boat, and Mizaistom told Dio he would not inform the chairman if Dio acted against Pariston out of his sight.