Recaps

Joey fought a series of Chimera Ants in Kite’s training, using Gyo and Nen Bullets to defeat a rat-headed opponent before countering a ram-horned Enhancer at close range. As a third Chimera Ant emerged, Joey prepared to face it despite his dwindling aura.

• Joey used Gyo to read the rat-headed Chimera Ant’s aura and fired Nen Bullets as the enemy attacked with a dagger and hid in a shadow.
• Joey saw through the rat-headed Chimera Ant’s trick and killed it with a Nen Bullet, then used Killer Queen to erase its corpse.
• A ram-horned Chimera Ant charged Joey, who caught its horns with Ken and had Killer Queen beat it until it collapsed.
• A third Chimera Ant emerged, and Joey checked his remaining aura before waiting for it alongside Killer Queen.

Joey endured three days of Chimera Ant battles in the Single Room, studying their abilities and improving his Nen before the room vanished as a signal that human pursuers were approaching. He prepared to scout and fight them, hoping to cooperate with Pokkle if possible.

• Joey killed twelve Chimera Ants in an afternoon, analyzed their varied abilities, and used Gold Experience to repair his wounds.
• Joey continued fighting Chimera Ants through the night for three days, improving his Nen while realizing that most of them relied on their physiques and had poorly developed abilities.
• The Single Room disappeared on the third night, signaling that Pokkle and the Kakin group were nearing Joey’s location.
• Joey considered whether to save Pokkle for information or kill him if cooperation proved impossible, then sent a hummingbird transformed from a coin to scout.
• Joey hid on high ground and prepared small animals as possible Killer Queen bombs, stopping at the seven he could control.
• Joey reflected on how Nen training consumed limited memory capacity, especially when developing abilities outside one’s natural category.

Joey tried to ambush the Kakin duo with a coin carrying First Bomb, but they avoided the trap and used an unknown Nen ability to attack him from a distance. After seeing Nen Beasts collect the shattered coin fragments, Joey figured out their tactics and followed Ponzu’s bee.

• Joey sent a hummingbird carrying First Bomb toward Pokkle and the two Kakin men, but they scattered after Pokkle warned them.
• One of the men shot the coin with a Nen-enhanced bullet, shattering it, and Joey left to find a safer vantage point.
• Joey suspected Pokkle had been manipulated and that he had already revealed information about Killer Queen.
• Ponzu’s bee appeared, but Joey continued focusing on the coin until First Bomb detonated after someone touched a fragment.
• A bullet suddenly struck Joey, and he evaded further spatially appearing shots with Killer Queen’s protection.
• Joey saw Nen Beasts gathering the coin fragments and carrying them behind a rock, deduced the trio’s methods, and followed the bee.

Joey identified the enemy’s tracking method and found Ponzu, who warned him about the Kakin mercenaries pursuing them. After restoring Ponzu’s resolve, Joey learned that the pursuers were Nen-using criminals connected to the former Shadow Beasts, leaving him prepared to face them.

• Joey deduced that an enemy had marked him through a coin and discovered that bullet-sized Nen Beasts were tracking him.
• Joey found Ponzu exhausted and tried to get her to explain what she knew about the attackers.
• Ponzu saw Joey being tracked and lost hope, but Joey urged her to help him save Pokkle and escape NGL.
• Ponzu explained that the pursuers belonged to a criminal mercenary group formerly connected to the Ten Dons and close to Kakin’s Ai Yi Yi Family.
• Joey asked whether the pursuers were former Shadow Beasts, and Ponzu clarified that they were capable subordinates of the Shadow Beasts and class-B wanted criminals who had mastered Nen Abilities.

Joey and the Kakin duo analyzed each other’s Nen abilities while pursuing one another, with Joey capturing a coin fragment and discovering what determined a bullet’s power. He concluded the enemy’s bullets were also being used to track his position, leaving him to consider whether to exploit their limited supply of coin fragments.

• Joey recalled Kite’s lesson of Infinite Hypothesis and analyzed the Kakin duo’s identities and possible abilities while considering how to rescue Pokkle.
• Jamie and Arturo deduced that Yoshikage Kira’s explosions were triggered by contact with skin and temperature, and that his Nen Beast might have limits or weaknesses.
• Jamie created small Nen Beasts to scout and test for bombs, while Arturo used a stun gun to heat them; Jamie fired bullets carrying coin fragments and followed their trail.
• Joey blocked a returning bullet with Emperor Killer, captured its tiny coin fragment, and destroyed the Nen Beast that emerged from it.
• Joey inferred that a bullet’s strength depended on its coin fragment’s size and that the Nen Beasts were helping the Kakin duo track him, then wondered how many fragments they had left.

Jamie used his Aura-Locking Revolver to track Joey, who prepared to confront Jamie and Arturo while arranging for Ponzu to stay hidden. The hummingbird Joey sent toward Jamie was hit by a bullet, but Killer Queen activated the First Bomb just as Jamie expected to finish it off.

• Jamie fired fragments carrying Joey’s aura to track him, and Joey realized the bullets could locate him and attack.
• Joey told Ponzu to hide her bees on his clothes and interfere when signaled, then waited with Killer Queen in an open area.
• Jamie and Arturo arrived with the badly injured Pokkle, and Joey noticed electricity flickering over Arturo’s Nen Beasts.
• Joey sent a hummingbird carrying the First Bomb toward Jamie, who fired three bullets to intercept it while Arturo used Pokkle as a shield.
• A bullet shattered the hummingbird’s wing, and Jamie expected another to pierce it before Killer Queen pressed down its thumb.

Joey defeated Arturo after resisting his interrogation ability, but Jamie survived the explosions and took Ponzu hostage. The chapter ended with Jamie aiming a gun at Joey while holding Ponzu by the neck.

• Killer Queen's explosion hurled Jamie away and destroyed Hummingbird, while Joey's Heartbreaker Attack pursued him.
• Jamie was caught by Joey's animal traps and another explosion before Heartbreaker Attack detonated, but Arturo's Orange Bow and flashlight left Joey blinded and stunned.
• Arturo used his prison-guard tools to suppress Joey and order him to dismiss Killer Queen, then approached to control him with his Baton and handcuffs.
• Joey secretly resisted Arturo's shots with a Little Snake and a Coin, summoned Killer Queen, and pierced Arturo's abdomen with a Nen Bullet before knocking him unconscious.
• Jamie survived and grabbed Ponzu, holding a gun on Joey as Arturo fell.

Joey defeated Jamie and Arturo after Jamie took Ponzu hostage, then left Pokkle and Ponzu in Kite and Andrei’s care. As the Association and V5 prepared to take over NGL, Joey set off for the next location.

• Joey refused Jamie’s offer of 200 million Jenny and used a bee bomb to kill him, then killed the unconscious Arturo with Killer Queen.
• Joey examined the injured Pokkle and fired a signal flare to summon Kite and Andrei.
• Andrei gave Joey a map to the Prisoner's Single Room, and Joey left after Ponzu thanked him.
• Ponzu decided to give up becoming a Hunter and asked Pokkle to come home with her; Pokkle silently held her hand.
• Kite said the Association and V5 would take over NGL, and that their group would withdraw in a week and enter the Republic of Rocario.

Joey reviewed his fight with Jamie and Arturo and reassessed his abilities, then Kite and Andrei explained the ecological danger posed by scattered Chimera Ants. Kite set Joey a three-day target before he could join the cleanup.

• Joey reviewed his battle with Jamie and Arturo, concluding that he needed to be more cautious against Nen users and continue developing a ranged fighting style.
• Joey recalled what Kite had told him about Chariot's durability and refined his understanding of Killer Queen's abilities and costs.
• Joey cooked a rabbit and was surprised when Kite and Andrei emerged from the Prisoner's Single Room.
• Kite told Joey that he and Andrei would send Senior Soldier Ants for him to fight, and that Joey could join the cleanup after meeting the target in three days.
• Andrei and Kite explained that unrestrained Chimera Ants could forcibly mate with other species and threaten NGL's ecology, so they hoped to eliminate the scattered ants.

Kite taught Joey about the Dark Continent, magical beasts, and demi-human races before Joey spent several days fighting Chimera Ants and reconsidering the limits he had placed on Killer Queen. After Kite cleared out another group of ants, he gave Joey gloves and a scalpel and told him to study their remains for insights that could help him survive future battles.

• Kite explained that most demi-human races and magical beast species were remnants brought from the Dark Continent, which lay beyond Lake Mobius.
• Joey asked Kite about training and Nen, then spent the next three days fighting Chimera Ants and realized he had been restricting Killer Queen without understanding why.
• Joey returned to the cliff and watched Kite kill dozens of Chimera Ants with a changing arsenal of weapons and seamless Nen techniques.
• Andrei told Joey that he had previously sold Chimera Ant remains to a research team, but the team no longer wanted more specimens.
• Kite gave Joey medical gloves and a scalpel and asked him to examine intact Chimera Ant remains for clues about his annihilation ability and stamina loss.

Joey realized that Killer Queen’s abilities were Stand powers, not Nen abilities, and that his own beliefs had been limiting them. After four days of training and reflection, Morel called the team to Rocario, where reports of the monsters called UMAs had begun spreading panic.

• Joey concluded that Nen could strengthen Killer Queen but did not need to fuel its Stand abilities or impose balance on them.
• Killer Queen annihilated the Thirty-Seventh Chimera Ant’s remains without extra expenditure, and Joey felt their minds truly connect.
• Joey recognized the path of Killer Queen’s evolution as the power of the mind and grew more adept at using Emperor Killer.
• Four days passed as Joey trained, studied Chimera Ants, and fought alongside Kite’s operation.
• After Morel called, the team stopped its operations and headed toward Rocario, where reports of aggressive monsters called UMAs were spreading.

Joey heard Kite explain how danger classifications worked and learned about the powerful creatures and other threats recorded within Lake Mobius. He studied Kite’s notebook, left with a sense of how little he knew about the world.

• Joey heard a radio report on the Chimera Ant attacks and recalled treating wounded soldiers and reporting the locations of the dead.
• Andrei and Kite discussed the devastation in Rocario and suspected that Meruem and the Royal Guard had gone to East Gorteau.
• Kite explained that the Chimera Ants were classified B-rank and described how B+ and A-rank dangers differed from them.
• Kite showed Joey a drawing of the B+ Evil King Black Dragon and explained that V5 could send it back to the Dark Continent using a special Nen ability.
• Joey borrowed Kite’s notebook and read its records of dangerous creatures, viruses, and other life-forms found within Lake Mobius.

Joey returned to Pata City with the others as the Chimera Ant threat spread, and the Hunters prepared to infiltrate East Gorteau. The team debated whether Gon, Killua, and Palm were ready to join the operation as they headed toward Peijing.

• Joey noticed Killua's changed presence and suspected that Illumi's needle had been removed, while Gon seemed insufficiently resolved for the coming battle.
• Joey watched reports of the Chimera Ant attacks and recalled anonymously warning Mizaistom Nana that Zaiyilo might be hiding in Meteor City.
• Morel and Knov identified Peijing as the location of Meruem and the Royal Guards, and the Hunter team boarded a train for East Gorteau with Gon, Killua, and Palm.
• Morel questioned whether bringing the three young Hunters violated the chairman's agreement, while Knov argued that the agreement applied only to the NGL mission.
• Knov and the others discussed Gon's softheartedness and Palm's inability to approach Meruem safely, leaving Palm without a clear role in the operation.

Joey weighed whether to reveal what he knew about Meruem and the Royal Guards, then decided to guide Kite and the others gradually while joining the dangerous operation in East Gorteau. After the group arrived and learned about a compulsory three-day national gathering, Joey recognized that Diego was being controlled by a Nen puppet, and the team grew wary of what awaited them.

• Joey decided not to expose his knowledge outright and planned to share information gradually if he got a chance to act alone.
• Joey chose to enter East Gorteau with Kite, Andrei, Killua, and Gon because he felt indebted to them and believed their team had ways to confront the Chimera Ants.
• The group arrived in town, ate at a restaurant, and watched television reports about East Gorteau's propaganda, repression, and starving population.
• Joey saw a huge Nen puppet behind Diego and recognized strands connecting it to the leader as the television announced a mandatory three-day gathering in Peijing.
• Joey and the others exchanged grave looks after hearing that nearly everyone, including infants and the sick, would be required to attend.

The Hunters learned that the Chimera Ants planned to use a rally for their selection and received Netero’s order to split into five teams to draw the Royal Guards away from Meruem. Joey teamed up with Andrei to infiltrate East Gorteau, while he learned that missing Chimera Ants and unreliable Hunter Association Specialists could complicate the operation.

• Knov reported that Neferpitou could forcibly awaken Nen in people and that the Chimera Ants planned to conduct their selection at the rally in ten days.
• Netero sent instructions to split into five pairs and begin the operation at midnight before the rally, and Joey was assigned to Andrei.
• Kite spoke privately with Gon, then left with Palm, while Joey and Andrei set out to infiltrate the area around Peijing.
• The Hunters reported capturing 412 Chimera Ants near East Gorteau, but only four of the eight missing Squadron Leaders had been caught.
• Andrei explained that a dispute involving the Chairman and Vice Chairman had led to Hunter Association Specialists replacing some recommended Hunters, and Joey decided not to get involved with Pariston.

Andrei and Joey saw evidence of the Chimera Ants’ deadly selection across East Gorteau and discussed why the Hunter Association could not simply destroy Peijing. After Knuckle warned them that Gido was approaching, Andrei and Joey prepared to face him if they crossed paths.

• Andrei and Joey found signs of massacres in remote villages and discussed how the Chimera Ants were selecting East Gorteau’s population.
• Joey suggested using a Poor Man’s Rose to destroy the Chimera Ants in Peijing, but Andrei explained that doing so while Diego appeared alive could trigger retaliation and reveal Nen.
• Andrei told Joey that V5 had prioritized keeping Nen secret over saving East Gorteau’s five million people, leaving the Hunter Association responsible for stopping the Chimera Ants.
• Andrei received Knuckle’s warning that Gido was heading toward them while carrying Potclean.
• Andrei decided they would try to hold Gido if they encountered him, and Joey began preparing for the possibility.

Joey and Andrei infiltrated East Gorteau and disrupted soldiers controlled or brainwashed by the Chimera Ants, hoping to help civilians flee and complete Kite’s task. The military quickly suppressed the unrest, so Andrei called off further action while the pair continued watching for their allies or enemies.

• After Diego declared martial law, Joey and Andrei decided to help civilians being driven toward Peijing, despite the risk of drawing Neferpitou’s attention.
• Andrei created a Single Room leading to a forest three thousand meters away, and Joey attacked the soldiers while Andrei provided support.
• Joey used Nen Bullets to kill three controlled soldiers and knocked out the brainwashed ones, using the headless corpses to frighten civilians into fleeing.
• Joey returned to the Single Room with Andrei, and they watched as fighter jets and armored vehicles arrived to suppress the unrest.
• Andrei concluded the Chimera Ants had planned for internal disorder and told Joey to keep moving instead of provoking further conflict; he continued searching the sky for signs of their allies or enemies.

Joey and Andrei set out to draw out Flutter, but an unexpected Chimera Ant attack brought them into conflict with Gido. Joey spotted Flutter hovering nearby as the fight began.

• Joey reflected on Reina's growth and learned that Colt had named her after the reborn Kite.
• Joey and Andrei changed course after Joey sensed danger from the north, where the chairman was gathering aura.
• A tremor and roar signaled an attack, and Joey used First Bomb to annihilate a rhinoceros Chimera Ant and a beetle Chimera Ant.
• A baboon and an elephant Chimera Ant attacked Joey and Andrei, while Emperor Killer was struck and sent flying by a newcomer.
• Joey recognized the newcomer as Gido and spotted Flutter hovering in the distance.

Joey fought Baboon and Elephant Ant while trying to understand their Nen abilities. After breaking Baboon’s apparent control ability with a louder voice, Joey attacked from range, leaving the battle’s outcome seemingly in his favor.

• Baboon commanded Joey to pull off a fingernail, and Joey realized he had fallen under Baboon’s ability despite suffering no damage from their earlier clash.
• Baboon later ordered Joey to break his own finger, leading Joey to suspect the ability relied on a hierarchy established through displays of loudness and strength.
• Andrei fired a taunting bullet, and Gido rushed past Joey, though Joey could not tell what Andrei’s ability had done.
• Joey shouted louder than Baboon, causing Baboon’s cruel expression to turn gloomy and apparently disrupting his ability.
• Elephant Ant fired Nen Bullets at Joey, but Joey countered with Heartbreaker Attack and hurled concealed, controllable Nen Bullets at Baboon, including one carrying a First Bomb.

Joey defeated the baboon and elephant ant, then learned that Andrei had failed to kill Gido inside the Single Room. Gido returned and stole Wallet, but the snake Gold Experience had brought to life gave Joey a chance to strike back.

• Joey's Killer Queen blasted the baboon and elephant ant, and Heartbreaker Attack finished off the elephant ant.
• The baboon submitted, and Joey killed him after taking his hastily scribbled notes.
• Andrei emerged from the Single Room and told Joey that Gido had escaped as soon as the door opened.
• Gido ambushed Joey and Andrei, punched them, and stole Wallet.
• Gido caught the snake inside Wallet and threw it away.

Joey and Andrei defeated Gido by luring him into taking a Wallet rigged with a First Bomb, and Joey explained the trap and his backup plans. Andrei revealed his confinement ability as Kite reported that Flutter had been eliminated and that he was leaving with Palm.

• Gido took the bait Wallet, and the snake hidden inside activated First Bomb, destroying him.
• Joey retrieved the Wallet and told Andrei that Knuckle could rest easy now.
• Joey explained how he had exploited Gido’s curiosity and prepared several fallback attacks in case the trap failed.
• Andrei revealed that Mocking Bullets and Prisoner's Single Room could confine one opponent with him for a time.
• Knuckle called after Potclean disappeared, and Andrei confirmed that Gido had been dealt with.
• Kite called to report Flutter's elimination and said he would leave with Palm.

After Flutter’s death, Neferpitou learned that Joey and his allies were heading toward Peijing, but Shaiapouf and Youpi persuaded her to remain at the palace and protect Meruem. Leol prepared to confront the intruders, though he worried that his remaining forces and abilities might not be enough.

• Joey and Andrei continued toward Peijing after Flutter’s death, while Neferpitou discovered Flutter’s final report about the silver-haired young man who killed him.
• Shaiapouf stopped Neferpitou from leaving the palace, and Youpi questioned whether letting the intruders approach was safe; Neferpitou trusted her En and the Royal Guards’ protection of Meruem.
• Neferpitou, Shaiapouf, and Youpi discussed Meruem’s Gungi match and the human embryos in the palace courtyard, which Neferpitou intended to turn into soldiers.
• Leol asked Xilin to lure the intruders to a designated location, but decided they would wait for Welfin and the others to arrive before acting.
• Leol recalled the intruders’ abilities and suspected they had a skilled healer, then worried that his available abilities were insufficient.

Morel and Knov assessed the obstacles to infiltrating the palace while Joey gave Andrei intelligence about Meruem’s food supply and Shaiapouf’s abilities. Two days later, Joey and Andrei met Knuckle and Shoot at a rendezvous point, where Knuckle was caring for a pack of abandoned dogs.

• Morel and Knov confirmed that Neferpitou’s En covered the palace and discussed delaying the crowds and finding a way to shut it off.
• Morel praised Joey’s rapid growth and healing ability as he and Knov analyzed the mission’s difficulties.
• Joey gave Andrei Baboon’s notes about the Flesh Trees, Meruem’s food, and Shaiapouf’s abilities.
• Andrei accepted the intelligence and suggested discussing it with the others in Peijing.
• Two days later, Joey and Andrei met Knuckle and Shoot, and Joey declined Knuckle’s offer to keep one of the dogs gathered around him.

Kite and Andrei went to Peijing to prepare an infiltration of the royal palace, while Joey and the others assembled with Gon and Killua. After Andrei was badly injured during the attempt, Knov picked Joey up and explained how their team had used the disappearance of the puppets and Neferpitou’s En to enter the palace and set up Hide and Seek exits.

• Kite assigned Joey and the others to travel to Peijing after Gon and Killua arrived, and Andrei volunteered to help confront the Royal Guards.
• Gon arrived with Meleoron and Killua arrived with Ikalgo, and both Chimera Ants joined the group.
• Knov contacted Joey to report that Andrei was badly injured, then brought Joey and the others to Peijing by helicopter.
• Kite, Andrei, Morel, and Knov planned to infiltrate the palace, but the disappearance of the puppets and Neferpitou’s En gave Knov and Andrei an unexpected opening.
• Knov entered the palace to create Hide and Seek exits while Andrei and Morel’s smoke soldiers provided cover.

Andrei sacrificed himself to draw Neferpitou into Prisoner's Single Room, buying Knov time to escape and report back. Andrei survived but remained critically injured, and Joey could not heal him while Neferpitou's Puppet Master Nen lingered on his body.

• Knov and Andrei sensed a terrifying En near the palace stairs, but Neferpitou spotted Andrei as Knov escaped into Hide and Seek.
• Andrei drew Neferpitou into Prisoner's Single Room with a mocking bullet, holding the Ant back for one minute and forty-three seconds before the Puppet Master appeared.
• Knov reached Kite and Morel, and they hurried to the exit in Peijing as Neferpitou's malice surged toward them.
• Joey tried to heal Andrei, but the Puppet Master's Nen activated and prevented the treatment, so Kite called for Andrei to be transferred to another hospital.
• Morel warned that exorcising Neferpitou's Nen would be dangerous, and Joey vowed to kill Neferpitou.