Chapter Summaries

Joey foiled an attempt by the Judicial Affairs Bureau and the King's Army to expose Hisoka's clone as the Twelfth Prince, then learned the Third Prince's men were trying to frame him over Sakada's disappearance. The officials left empty-handed, but the Twelfth Prince's Nen Beast attached clones to two of them, and Joey planned to retaliate.

• The Judicial Affairs Bureau and the King's Army entered Room 12 to test whether the Twelfth Prince was an impostor, but Kurapika challenged their lack of court documents.
• Blondie tried to use a Nen-infused top to dispel Hisoka's clone, but Joey concealed the top from her, and the clone remained unaffected.
• Joey claimed Sakada had already left Room 12 after the King's Army came to arrest him, while privately considering how the Third Prince's guards might be involved.
• A Mafia member accused Joey of killing Sakada and predicted that a spatial passage would deliver Sakada's body, but his ability failed and he spat blood.
• The officials withdrew after Joey denied the accusation, and he and Kurapika discussed the danger posed by the Third Prince's guard and Blondie's top.
• Joey resolved to retaliate, while the Twelfth Prince's Nen Beast attached clones to two of the departing Nen users.

Joey used a living note to ask the First Prince’s guard for the Third Prince’s room number, while Balsamilco and Benjamin realized Room 12’s allies might be working toward putting the Twelfth Prince on the throne. Benjamin agreed to use Joey’s request to turn him against the Third Prince while the First Prince’s forces searched for Joey’s hidden allies.

• Joey concluded that the King’s Army’s inaction was suspicious and decided to ask the First Prince’s side for the Third Prince’s room number.
• Joey sent the request to Olawu by turning a written note into a ladybug, and Olawu passed it to Balsamilco.
• Olawu reported that Giuliano had been brainwashed and believed the note could help bring matters to a conclusion, but left his judgment to Balsamilco.
• Balsamilco told Benjamin that the Tenth and Eleventh Princes’ spatial ability users had joined Room 12 and might be acting under DIO’s influence.
• Benjamin suspected an attack on the Succession War or Kakin, while Balsamilco proposed that Joey be given the Third Prince’s location and used to eliminate him.
• Benjamin agreed to provide the information and have his forces search the lower floors for the other Princes hidden there.

Joey met Morena and offered her Ai Yi Yi Family members the chance to assassinate the Third Prince, whose location he knew and whose Nen guards were absent. After Morena agreed to send someone, she warned Joey that an unknown group was searching the lower tiers for the Prince he had brought down, leaving Joey to suspect a Prince’s Personal Guards were behind the investigation.

• Joey decided to sell Tsungidori’s information about the Third Prince to Morena’s Mafia rather than attack the Prince himself.
• Joey left the First Tier after Kurapika asked him to check on Melody, whom he feared the Second Prince had captured.
• Joey met Morena and her three newly awakened Nen users, who showed strong interest in killing a Prince.
• Joey told Morena the Third Prince was in the VVIP Area, gave her his exact location, and said no Nen users were currently with him.
• Morena agreed to send someone with Joey in two hours, while Joey declined to join the assassination himself because the King's Army might still be protecting the Third Prince.
• Morena warned Joey that an unknown group was searching for the Prince he had brought down, and Joey concluded they were likely a Prince’s Personal Guards.

Joey learned from Kacho that Kakin planned to become V6 by sending royal elites to the Dark Continent, and that people who left Black Whale 1 died immediately. As Joey arranged to deliver Morena’s messengers to the Third Prince, a door appeared in the Third Prince’s room, apparently fulfilling the prediction that Joey would come to assassinate him.

• Joey reasoned that the First or Second Prince’s guards were investigating him, then waited with Kacho and Fugetsu for Morena’s visitors.
• Kacho told Joey she and Fugetsu wanted to explore the world, revealed Kakin’s secret plan to become V6, and described how shadows killed anyone who left Black Whale 1.
• Joey disguised Kacho and Fugetsu and welcomed two Ai Yi Yi Family executioners, then had Fugetsu send them to the Third Prince.
• The Third Prince learned that his failed prediction user had foretold Joey would infiltrate the VVIP Area to assassinate him before four in the morning.
• A door appeared in the wall opposite the Third Prince, and he wondered whether Joey had arrived.

The Third Prince was killed during an attack by two Ai Yi Yi Family members, while Joey waited for news from the VVIP Area and the Phantom Troupe regrouped after Nobunaga’s death. Chrollo decided the Troupe would target Hisoka, Joey, and anyone who helped them.

• Two Ai Yi Yi Family members attacked the Third Prince; one killed him, while the other killed the Shu-U Family guard and his fellow attacker before escaping through the ceiling.
• Joey waited for information from Hisoka and his insects, then replaced Hisoka’s vanished clone with his own and remained on the First Tier.
• Chrollo, Phinks, Kalluto, and Feitan gathered around Nobunaga’s corpse and discussed Hisoka’s spatially mobile helper and their next moves.
• Feitan proposed using Kakin’s Mafia as scouts and heading after the Ai Yi Yi Family, while Chrollo ordered the Troupe to kill Hisoka, Joey, and anyone who had helped them.

Joey abandoned his original rescue plan and used a clone to reach the Third Tier, where he encountered Chrollo, Shizuku, and Bonolenov. He revealed that Hisoka was on the First Tier and began negotiating with Chrollo, hoping to send the Phantom Troupe there while he prepared to rescue Melody.

• With Hisoka missing and the Twelfth Prince undergoing exorcism, Joey decided to disguise someone else as the prince and contacted Fugetsu to reach the Third Tier.
• Joey's clone arrived in Room 12 and found Chrollo, Shizuku, and Bonolenov waiting there despite his security measures.
• Chrollo questioned whether Joey was the real Twelfth Prince, and Joey admitted that he was a fake.
• Joey revealed that Hisoka was on the First Tier, and Chrollo recognized that Joey wanted to make a deal.
• Joey asked Chrollo not to harm his clone, concealing his hope that the Phantom Troupe would go to the First Tier and cause trouble while he rescued Melody.

After the Phantom Troupe rejected Joey’s proposed deal, he abandoned his unsafe route through the Third Tier and prepared to reach the Second Prince’s Room 2 to rescue Melody. He invaded the room under cover of thick fog and thunder, while the furious Second Prince armed herself and moved toward the door.

• Shizuku destroyed Joey’s clone after Chrollo failed to stop her, convincing Joey that the Phantom Troupe had marked him for death.
• Joey decided the Third Tier was too dangerous to revisit, used Fugetsu’s ability to reach his Fifth Floor room, and abducted a lookalike to substitute for the Twelfth Prince.
• Joey left Kurapika in Room 12, entered the deserted Fourth District, and rested before extending his En into Room 2.
• Joey’s En detected Melody in Room 2 as his Weather Nen Beast filled the room with thick fog and thunderclaps.
• The Second Prince sensed the hostile Nen, became enraged, and walked toward the door with her pistol ready.
• Joey broke into Room 2 to find Melody quickly, aware that the fog and thunder could be countered and that the King's Army would soon respond.

Joey broke into Room 2 to rescue Melody, but the King's Army launched a prepared assault that forced him to flee toward the Fourth District. As gunfire tore into the Second Prince's residence, Joey signaled Fugetsu to arrange an escape.

• Joey breached Room 2 through a wall, struck down the guard watching Melody, and found her unconscious and injured.
• Joey realized the guard had reported his arrival, then carried Melody toward the perimeter as his lightning attacks intensified.
• The King's Army arrived with specialized equipment, and its Nen-using commander prepared riflemen to fire through the walls.
• Joey saw the riflemen target him and recognized that Nasubi Hui Guo Rou had authorized a devastating attack on Room 2.
• Joey fled toward the Fourth District, reinforced the atmosphere to hinder the bullets, and signaled Fugetsu to arrange a pickup.

Joey fought his way through the corridor against King's Army soldiers whose Nen-enhanced bullets tracked his position, using Weather Report to set the passage ablaze. He discovered that painted wall patterns enabled his opponent's lock-on, and as the soldiers regrouped beyond his En's reach, Joey sent Sheer Heart Attack toward them.

• Joey charged into the corridor and found that an opponent using a phone could direct Nen-enhanced bullets to track him through the soldiers' guns.
• Joey used Weather Report to spread fierce winds and fire through his En, suppressing the King's Army soldiers and leaving many injured or dead.
• Joey noticed newly painted white patterns on the corridor walls and deduced that they marked his movements on the phone user's map.
• The phone user kept his distance near the limit of Joey's En while fresh King's Army soldiers advanced, leaving Joey pinned down.
• Joey sent Sheer Heart Attack toward his opponents, accepting that its use would expose his identity.

Joey used Heartbreaker Attack and the First Bomb to eliminate the King's Army officer holding a phone, while discovering a Morena subordinate crawling through the ceiling toward Room 4. He suspected the King's Army had prepared an ambush there and planned to let the woman draw its fire as he approached Fugetsu and Kacho.

• Joey sent Heartbreaker Attack and a bomb-imbued coin after the phone-holding King's Army officer while his En detected another Nen user above the ceiling.
• Heartbreaker Attack exploded beside the officer, and Joey's coin transformed into a hummingbird that struck him; Killer Queen triggered the First Bomb and eliminated him.
• Joey recognized the ceiling crawler as a member of the Ai Yi Yi Family and inferred that she had gained considerable Nen after killing the Third Prince.
• Joey suspected the woman was heading to Room 4 to intercept Fugetsu and Kacho, so he sent a bomb-imbued bee after her through the ceiling gap.
• Joey sensed that someone had entered Room 4 by breaking through a wall and suspected the King's Army had prepared an ambush there.
• Joey slowed the bee and prepared to send the returning Heartbreaker Attack into Room 4, while worrying that the King's Army might be able to counter spatial abilities and endanger Melody.

Joey watched the King's Army ambush a paper-bodied assassin in the Fourth District, then used Killer Queen and Sheer Heart Attack to eliminate her and the Nen users guarding the district. With the spatial blockade gone, Joey left the ordinary soldiers stunned and the way open for Fugetsu and Kacho.

• A paper-bodied member of the Ai Yi Yi Family slipped into the Fourth District and fought the King's Army soldiers who ambushed her.
• Joey identified a Nen user sealing off spatial abilities and sent Sheer Heart Attack into the district while hiding with Mirage.
• A corpse-controlling Nen user attacked the paper woman with exploding remains, and Joey sent the bee carrying the First Bomb toward her.
• A black figure suddenly tackled the paper woman and was erased by Killer Queen, revealing that another Nen user could switch positions.
• Joey entered the Fourth District and used a coin, a Nen-infused punch, and Sheer Heart Attack to erase the paper woman, kill the corpse user, and destroy the spatial blocker.

Joey rescued Fugetsu and Kacho, moved the princes and Melody to safer locations, and waited to learn whether Melody’s Nen could expose them. Hisoka contacted him about the coffins in the VVIP Area, but Joey postponed going there; then he detected Phantom Troupe members Franklin and Feitan nearby.

• Joey rescued Fugetsu and Kacho from the Fourth District just before the King's Army broke in, while another clone of his was killed during a confrontation in Room 12.
• Joey learned that Melody had been knocked unconscious by Nen and decided to relocate her and the princes in case she was being used as bait.
• Piyon arranged for Fugetsu and Kacho to stay in Room 4111 on the Fourth Tier, guarded by Tserried and Salgov, while Joey took Melody to the Fifth Floor.
• Joey hid near Melody and left a disguised clone to watch over her as he waited for the Exorcism Master to finish helping the Twelfth Prince.
• Hisoka texted Joey that he had found the coffins in the VVIP Area, but Joey replied that he was busy for two days.
• Joey sensed that several of his surveillance insects had been destroyed and recognized the nearby presences as Franklin and Feitan.

Joey investigated the Phantom Troupe’s approach and met Kamic, a Personal Guard of the Second Prince, who proposed cooperation in exploring the Coffin Area. Before Joey could answer, an attacker burst into the room and overwhelmed his clone, while Joey’s explosive attack caught Kamic’s two companions.

• Joey sensed the Phantom Troupe moving toward his En and sent flying insects to draw them away while he went to retrieve Melody.
• Joey learned that three people were tracking Melody and discovered they had come to the room to seek him out.
• Kamic introduced himself as a Personal Guard of the Second Prince and claimed the Second Prince wanted to cooperate with Joey in exploring the Coffin Area.
• A fast-moving attacker broke into the room, stabbed Kamic, and attacked Joey’s clone, quickly punching several holes through it.
• Kamic’s two companions tried to flee, but Joey’s attack engulfed them in an explosion and flames.

Joey fought Feitan after a surprise attack exposed the Second Queen’s connection to the Phantom Troupe, using explosions and fire to protect Melody and then striking Feitan as Franklin arrived. Franklin suddenly fled after Feitan spoke, leaving Joey watching Feitan for his next move.

• Joey realized Feitan and Franklin had found him through a link between the Second Queen, Room 7, and the Gasha-A Family, then used explosions and fire to attack Feitan and cover Melody’s escape.
• Feitan survived the blasts and entered a strange combat state, while Joey created a new clone and prepared to hold him off as Franklin approached.
• Joey triggered the fight with Feitan, using Killer Queen to block Feitan’s sword and landing a full-strength punch that sent him flying.
• Franklin attacked Joey with Nen Bullets, but then stopped firing and fled after Feitan spoke in words Joey could not understand.

Joey fought Feitan after Feitan’s ability transformed into an extreme-cold attack, relying on Weather Report and an atmospheric Spacesuit to withstand it. As Joey worked to seal the corridor and remove its atmosphere, Feitan’s outfit revealed a hidden spike attack, leaving both fighters hurt as the vacuum began to form.

• Joey sent a Clone to rescue Melody while he stayed behind to confront Feitan.
• Feitan unleashed an extreme-cold Ice Ball, but Joey’s atmospheric Spacesuit protected him from the freezing temperatures.
• Joey and Feitan exchanged blows, and Feitan retrieved his slender sword while Joey’s Weather Nen Beast helped restrain his movements.
• Joey began sealing the corridor with ice and planned to remove its atmosphere, while Feitan realized the danger and attacked to stop him.
• Feitan’s outfit fired a hidden spike that pierced the Weather Nen Beast and struck Joey’s arm; the Ice Ball then burst, and the atmosphere began disappearing through an opening in the ice.

Joey defeated Feitan by trapping him in a freezing enclosure and using falling air pressure to weaken him, while Franklin later discovered Feitan’s corpse. Joey reunited with the Clone and Melody, and Melody awakened as the Nen affecting her began to fade, leaving Joey to plan her recovery and protection.

• Joey’s Ice Spires failed to break through Feitan’s defenses, but Feitan’s escape route proved to be another wall of ice as the enclosed space’s air pressure fell.
• Feitan weakened from the low pressure and extreme cold, then collapsed and died; Joey shot a Nen Bullet into his frozen corpse.
• Franklin broke through the ice and found Feitan dead with a hole through his heart.
• Joey reunited with Melody and considered how Feitan’s death would worsen the Phantom Troupe’s hostility toward him.
• Melody awakened during the night as the Nen affecting her faded, and Joey told her he would have her examined and help her protect Tenth Prince Kacho.

Benjamin and Balsamilco connected DIO to the Third Prince’s death, the Mafia, and the Hunter Association, then planned to use him while secretly preparing to eliminate him. Across the ship, the princes and their allies faced new threats and made plans, while Kurapika learned that Melody had awakened and Joey was safe.

• Balsamilco deduced that Joey, the Tenth and Eleventh Princes, the Mafia, and the Hunter Association were linked to the Third Prince’s death, and advised Benjamin to turn the Mafia against the Ai Yi Yi Family while using DIO.
• Benjamin agreed to exploit DIO but ordered that he be eliminated if an opportunity arose.
• The Second Prince learned that her guards sent to contact DIO had died, ordered Salahale to investigate the leak, and left him wishing for death.
• The Fifth Prince planned to use Maor, while Izunavi learned more of the Sixth Prince’s ability and the Seventh Prince received a troubling note.
• The Ninth Prince became frustrated that few princes attended the banquet, and the Eighth Queen worried after a new guard of Benjamin entered District 14.
• Kurapika received a message that Melody had awakened and Joey was safe, while the Fourteenth Prince slept and Hanzo prepared for a prolonged battle.

Joey crossed from the Fifth Floor to the Fourth Tier after learning that the Tenth and Eleventh Princes’ location had been exposed, while Melody chose to travel with his Clone. As Joey tracked the Princes and weighed the danger from the Phantom Troupe and Hinrigh’s family, Hisoka messaged him about going after his own target.

• Joey learned from Piyon that the room numbers he had sent were discovered and the Tenth and Eleventh Princes’ identities were exposed, then decided to reach the Fourth Tier.
• Joey and Melody found civilians blocking the passage amid the Fifth Floor’s killings, so Joey opened a route through the ceiling with Killer Queen.
• Melody chose to leave with Joey’s Clone while Joey went ahead to find the Princes, and Zacrow and Lynch later discovered the opening.
• Joey destroyed Zacrow’s tracking blood with Weather Report, then followed the direction of his Gold Experience creations while considering how to avoid exposing Melody and his Clone.
• Hisoka messaged Joey, telling him not to steal his prey and saying he was going to find his toy.

Joey was attacked by the Shu-U Family’s forces in the Central Cafeteria and fought back against the Mafia and the King’s Army. After discovering a concealed Nen-enhanced shooter and suspecting Hinrigh was nearby, Joey masked his face, filled the cafeteria with fog, and sent hummingbirds after the animals that might be spying on him.

• Joey considered whether Morena, Illumi, or Kalluto had informed Hisoka about the First Tier, then realized the Shu-U and Gasha-A Families were no longer hiding his identity.
• Joey entered the Central Cafeteria and killed the Mafia Members who had pursued him, taking their guns as the nearby King’s Army Soldiers and Mafia Members raised their weapons.
• Joey used Mirage to evade the initial gunfire and shot at the Mafia, but a Nen-enhanced bullet struck his arm.
• Joey traced the shot to a hole in the cafeteria wall and suspected Hinrigh had sent a concealed Nen-user marksman, possibly watching through animals inside.
• Joey decided to end the fight quickly, disguised his face, spread fog through the cafeteria, and sent hummingbirds to attack the animals and insects as his En changed shape.

Joey ambushed Hinrigh after tracing the sniper attack to his location, then knocked him unconscious when Hinrigh revealed he knew who had leaked the princes’ location. Joey brought Hinrigh to Tserried on the Fourth Tier, while Phinks and a woman from the Phantom Troupe set out to find Joey and the hidden princes.

• Hinrigh ordered Zacrow and Lynch to block the cafeteria exits and open fire, but realized Joey might have an ability similar to [Sunshine in the Palm of My Hand] and fled when Joey attacked.
• Joey froze Hinrigh’s snake with his Weather Nen Beast and stopped his scalpel just before Hinrigh’s throat when Hinrigh said he knew who had leaked the princes’ location.
• Killer Queen struck Hinrigh unconscious, and Joey took Hinrigh’s phone before leaving with him under Mirage.
• Phinks confronted Zacrow and Lynch about Joey, then left with a woman after deciding Joey might be heading for the hidden princes.
• Joey arrived at a room on the Fourth Tier and entered after Tserried invited him inside.