Chapter Summaries

Dio and the Twelfth Prince’s entourage arrived in Yorknew City after three days aboard the airship. The motorcade left Lingong Airport for the Red Dragon Hotel, with Dio riding in the lead car.

• Dio spent the three-day journey practicing Zetsu and fitness training while learning about the bodyguards’ work from Drobada and the other security personnel.
• The airship arrived at Lingong Airport in Yorknew City on August 31, and Kakin’s reception staff met the Twelfth Prince’s party.
• Dio watched Mumuzawa approach the motorcade and reflected on her tragic fate in the manga.
• Dio directed the security personnel into the rear cars and rode in the lead car as the motorcade departed for the Red Dragon Hotel.

After learning that the Secret Court had placed a bounty on him, Dio refused to abandon his assignment protecting Prince Mumuzawa. He agreed to accompany her on a market outing, where the guards would provide closer protection.

• Cheadle told Dio that an account linked to the Secret Court had posted a bounty on him and that several mercenary groups had contacted it.
• Dio saw Prince Mumuzawa emerge from her room while he spoke with Cheadle.
• Dio told Cheadle he would keep protecting Mumuzawa, and Cheadle reluctantly agreed to stay in contact if trouble arose.
• Prince Mumuzawa explained that she planned to visit Yorknew City's markets and smaller auctions with five close guards, and Dio volunteered to join them.
• Dio asked Cheadle what kinds of gifts girls usually liked.

Dio accompanied Prince Mumuzawa on a shopping trip through Yorknew City, carrying her parasol and bags as they exchanged gifts. At the Cave Restaurant, Dio sensed the growing crowd had made the restaurant unnaturally quiet.

• Dio checked his Ripple-infused Light Steel Bullets before accompanying Prince Mumuzawa and Drobada into Yorknew City's shopping district.
• Mumuzawa bought Dio a blue dinosaur doll, and Dio bought her a recording mouse doll and a dog-and-rabbit set.
• Dio noticed three of Mumuzawa's Private Soldiers watching them and continued shopping while Drobada's Nen beast monitored the crowd.
• Dio's group arrived at the Cave Restaurant for lunch, where the female guard prepared to taste the prince's food.
• Dio sensed something was wrong as the restaurant grew more crowded but fell unusually quiet.

Dio detected armed attackers in the restaurant and outside, then protected Prince Mumuzawa when the exposed gunmen opened fire. He escaped upstairs with her while San dug a pit to shelter from the continuing gunfire.

• Dio used Ripple Radar to locate five attackers in the right dining hall and prepared to shoot them while Drobada went outside to deal with other enemies.
• A drunk San pulled down the partition curtain, exposing the attackers and prompting them to fire at Prince Mumuzawa.
• Dio shielded Mumuzawa, fired five shots, and found three attackers dead while San had knocked out the other two.
• Dio scolded San for his interference, checked Mumuzawa, then swept away incoming glass and carried her toward the restaurant's second floor as bullets shattered the windows.
• San avoided the outdoor gunfire by digging through the marble floor and hiding in a pit.

Dio confronted Carl on the restaurant’s second floor while protecting Mumuzawa, but Carl’s Nen ability restored her injuries and sent a bullet hole racing toward the prince. Dio used The World to shield Mumuzawa, and the chapter ended with both of them struck by a gunshot.

• Dio carried Mumuzawa upstairs and faced Carl, ordering the prince to close her eyes while he assessed the Nen user.
• Carl revealed that eye contact activated Puppet-String Black Hole and said she had been ordered by Qi Peixin to kill Mumuzawa.
• Dio shot Carl’s hand with a Light Steel Bullet, but she healed and unleashed Puppet-String Black Hole.
• The bullet hole bypassed Dio and rushed toward Mumuzawa, forcing him to abandon his attack and rush to protect her.
• Dio stopped time and used The World to propel himself toward Mumuzawa, then a gunshot knocked them both backward as blood splashed onto her face.

Dio used mist and his Ripple to evade Carl’s Bullet Holes while protecting Mumuzawa, then killed Carl with a concealed counterattack. Carl died without realizing how Dio had pierced her chest.

• Carl recovered her pistol and prepared to shoot Dio and Mumuzawa, but white mist filled the restaurant’s second floor and the pair disappeared from view.
• Carl fired nine shots into herself to create nine Bullet Holes, then switched on the ventilation fans to clear the mist.
• Carl discovered Dio clinging to the ceiling with Mumuzawa in his arms and sent her Bullet Holes after him.
• Dio stuck Mumuzawa to the ceiling and charged at Carl as all nine Bullet Holes pursued him.
• Dio reached Carl after a black coat blocked the combined attack, and Carl collapsed with a hole through her chest.

Dio and the guards survived an attack on the Cave Restaurant, and Drobada discovered the newly emerged Nen user San. As the group returned, Dio realized his Nen Beast had been successfully conjured and considered how to develop it to protect himself if his Time Stop ability was exposed.

• Drobada fought off attackers outside the restaurant and found the building wrecked, with Dio and Mumuzawa missing.
• San emerged from the hole he had dug inside the restaurant and found Drobada aiming a gun at him.
• Dio brought Mumuzawa down from the ceiling after defeating a Nen user, and she noticed his gunshot wound and briefly saw his white Nen Beast.
• Drobada reached Dio and Mumuzawa, then learned Dio had fought a Nen user whose ability countered ranged attacks.
• Drobada told Dio he had encountered a Nen user called San, who had directed him upstairs to find Dio.
• Dio realized his Nen Beast had been successfully conjured and thought about developing it as a safeguard against the risks of his Time Stop ability.

Dio developed a weather-based Nen Beast to conceal his Time Stop and help him escape, then returned safely with Mumuzawa after an attack. He named the newly created, self-aware creature Atmosphere Creator.

• Dio reasoned that Time Stop had limits and chose weather phenomena as the broader concept for his Nen Beast's ability.
• Dio and the others returned to the hotel after an attack, and Mumuzawa thanked Dio and Drobada for protecting her.
• Mumuzawa asked Dio to escort her to her room so she could question him, but he declined and avoided discussing Nen.
• Dio examined the conscious white cloud Nen Beast he had conjured and named it Atmosphere Creator.

Prince Mumuzawa spoke with Dio about the royal succession and asked whether Nen could give her the power to change her fate. Dio dismissed Nen as a martial arts term and left to resume his patrol, while Mumuzawa remained alone, disappointed and unsure who she was knitting for.

• Mumuzawa told Dio that the succession was cruel and that she had felt like a burden during the attack.
• Dio reassured Mumuzawa that protecting her was his duty as a guard.
• Mumuzawa asked Dio whether Nen could change a person, and he again denied that it was a special ability.
• Dio left Mumuzawa’s room to return to his patrol.
• Mumuzawa recalled believing Dio had come to save her, then clutched her knitting needles and tried to reassure herself that she could become king.

At the auction, Dio sensed an attack and led Mumuzawa and Bokushin away before panic spread through the hall. A monstrous flying fish trapped the remaining guests and began devouring them, multiplying as it fed.

• Bokushin won the item the Fourth Prince wanted, then returned to her seat beside Dio.
• Dio warned Mumuzawa and Bokushin that they were under attack and led them out of the auction hall.
• Guests dismissed Dio’s warning until guards began calling to report trouble outside, and panic spread through the hall.
• A giant Monster Fish appeared at the entrance and swallowed a guest who shouted at it.
• The Monster Fish split into more fish as it ate people, while the auction hall doors remained sealed.

Dio, Drobada, and the others discovered that a Nen ability had sealed the auction venue, while a separate unseen threat was killing people on the third floor. Dio led Mumuzawa and Bokushin away from the danger, but his Ripple Radar detected enemies in multiple locations.

• Drobada discovered that aura had sealed the building and made its walls and doors nearly impossible to break, then told Dio about the unknown cars and trapped guests.
• Drobada and Dio concluded that attacking one part of the building would be like attacking the whole structure, so their attempt to blast through a wall was unlikely to work.
• Dio led Mumuzawa and Bokushin away from the third floor after using Ripple Radar to detect a silent monster there.
• Dio told Mumuzawa that an enemy ability had trapped them and suspected that a different ability was killing people upstairs.
• Dio's Ripple Radar detected enemies in multiple locations as Bokushin remained confused about the situation.

A mercenary squad entered the building and was ambushed by giant fish emerging through Dio’s fog, leaving Marol maimed and the team furious. Dio watched the fight through his Ripple Radar and wondered what had happened as the fog continued to spread.

• A giant fish killed a female mercenary, and Lakshya smashed it aside before more fish and dense fog overwhelmed the squad.
• Marol activated [Accompany Me] to pull his teammates toward him, but a fish used [Shu] to sever his right arm before Lakshya’s aura projectile saved his life.
• An old man crawled out of the fish, identified himself as Qi Peixin, threatened the mercenaries, and vanished into the fog with the fish.
• Lakshya roared in fury while Dio, between the first and second floors, monitored the battle with Ripple Radar and wondered what had happened.

Qi Peixin recalled his brutal childhood and explained his plan to kill the Kakin prince before unleashing his man-eating Grotesque Fish in the sealed building. As Lakshya and Marol climbed through the mist, they renewed their resolve to finish the mission, while Dio watched unseen and threatened them.

• Qi Peixin remembered his impoverished childhood, his mother's death, and how he later gained power and built a following.
• Qi Peixin recalled that his plan to assassinate the Twelfth Prince had failed, then described using [Catfish Ends and Begins Again] to create Grotesque Fish and hunting for the prince in Nampis.
• Lakshya smashed a Grotesque Fish after it killed another mercenary, while Marol followed him upstairs through the concealing mist.
• Marol regretted taking the job to kill Dio, but Lakshya urged him to stay focused and promised they would eat hot pot after completing the mission.
• Marol regained his resolve to avenge the dead rookies, while the hidden Dio watched them and threatened to use their heads to make hot pot.

Dio carried Mumuzawa and Bokushin through the building to reach Drobada, then tried to break through a mist-covered window with a coordinated strike. Their attack failed, and Drobada encountered San outside.

• Dio overheard that mercenaries were after him and hurried toward Drobada with Mumuzawa and Bokushin on his shoulders.
• Drobada waited outside, worried that Dio had not arrived, until Dio called and arranged a simultaneous attack on the window.
• Dio unleashed Ren and struck the window with Ko wrapped in Ripple, but the window remained undamaged despite Drobada attacking at the same time.
• San appeared beside Drobada, recognized him from the Cave Restaurant, and greeted him.

San used his ability to open a one-person doorway through the sealed wall, forcing Dio to choose who could escape. Dio sent the Twelfth Prince out first, then turned back for Bokushin and led her onward.

• Drobada called Dio and explained that force could not break the barrier, and they suspected the enemy's ability involved a dangerous restriction and covenant.
• San offered to use [Hey, open up!] and created a glowing doorway, but revealed that only one person could pass through and that he could use it only once that day.
• Mumuzawa told Bokushin to leave first, but Dio pushed the Twelfth Prince through the doorway instead.
• Mumuzawa chose to wait outside, while Drobada thanked San for saving her.
• Dio started walking away from Bokushin, then called for her to follow, unwilling to leave her behind after taking away her chance to escape.

Dio fought a fish-shaped Nen Beast and discovered that it tracked prey by vibrations, while Lakshya used [Snowfield Silence] to evade a school of the creatures. Lakshya and Marol then followed the fish deeper into the third floor.

• Dio sensed an enemy in the mist, hid Bokushin with Misty, and confronted a giant catfish Nen Beast.
• Dio shot the fish repeatedly, found that its injuries barely slowed it, and tested how it detected him.
• Dio deduced that the fish tracked vibrations and prioritized higher-frequency ones.
• Lakshya used [Snowfield Silence] and a Nen Bullet to confirm that the fish were drawn to vibrations rather than sound.
• Lakshya beckoned Marol to join him and quietly followed the line of fish deeper into the third floor.

Lakshya and Marol approached the Auction's main hall, where Lakshya encountered Dio and fled back toward his partner. Dio shot and killed Marol, and Lakshya pursued him before a Grotesque Fish blocked his path, leaving him raging at Qi Peixin.

• Lakshya entered the Auction's main hall while Marol waited outside with a Thread End ready to pull him to safety.
• Dio followed Lakshya through the mist, released him, and shot Marol until the bullets broke through his Ken and shattered his skull.
• Lakshya cried out over Marol's death, then fired a Nen Bullet and charged after Dio.
• A Grotesque Fish swallowed Lakshya's Nen Bullet and attacked him, forcing him to dodge and blast himself clear with another Nen Bullet.
• Lakshya watched Dio disappear into the mist and shouted at Qi Peixin for directing the fish to attack only him.

Dio discovered how the Monster Fish tracked its prey and cleared the first two floors, then found that Bokushin could not withstand the Nen pressure coming from the third floor. He left her hidden in a restroom with his cloud and headed upstairs to face the threat.

• Dio used Ripple to lure the Monster Fish into attacking a wall and killed it with punches, then confirmed there were no fish or living people on the first two floors.
• Dio suspected the enemy was targeting the Twelfth Prince and noticed a Monster Fish moving toward the third floor as the fishy stench and malice grew stronger.
• Bokushin froze on the stairs under the Nen pressure, so Dio sent Ripple into her to restore her ability to move.
• Dio took Bokushin to a restroom, told her to hide with his cloud, and returned to the stairs to confront the enemy.

Qi Peixin used the [Leader Catfish] to hunt Lakshya, who discovered that Qi Peixin was hiding inside the fish and attacked its vulnerable belly. Just as Qi Peixin nearly killed Lakshya, Dio intervened with gunfire, leaving Qi Peixin wounded but still fighting.

• Qi Peixin waited for the [Grotesque Fish] to return and planned to kill the Kakin prince before his [Nen] and consciousness failed.
• Lakshya fired Nen Bullets at the [Leader Catfish]'s belly, reasoning that Qi Peixin was hiding inside it.
• The [Leader Catfish] detected Lakshya and lunged at him, while Qi Peixin emerged from its mouth and struck with [Ko].
• Dio fired three bullets from the mist, severing Qi Peixin's right arm and giving Lakshya a chance to land safely.
• Qi Peixin retreated into the [Leader Catfish], which swatted aside Lakshya's Nen Bullet and continued attacking him as Dio watched from the mist.

Lakshya and Dio each tried to exploit Qi Peixin and the catfish while the [Leader Catfish] fought Lakshya and the smaller fish devoured one another. After Lakshya forced Qi Peixin to retreat and Dio attacked the smaller fish, Lakshya closed in on Dio, with both men planning to use each other as bait.

• Lakshya struggled against the [Leader Catfish] while Dio waited in the mist for the smaller catfish to dwindle before shooting them.
• Qi Peixin endured the damage from Dio's shot and the catfish's digestion, while the [Leader Catfish] continued to encroach on his mind.
• Lakshya baited Qi Peixin with a Nen Bullet, then fired four more at the smaller fish; Qi Peixin abandoned the fight and rushed back to defend them.
• Dio seized Qi Peixin's retreat to fire at the remaining smaller fish, then sensed Lakshya approaching and withdrew while continuing to shoot.
• Lakshya planned to use Dio as a shield, Dio planned to keep Lakshya drawing the catfish's attention, and Qi Peixin hoped to digest them both.