Chapter Summaries

Knov, Morel, Kite, Killua, Joey, and Shoot tried to wear down Youpi, who repeatedly exploded with rage and turned his attacks on Joey after recognizing Killer Queen. Youpi drove Joey back but remained surrounded as Potclean continued collecting interest and the Hunters kept interfering.

• Knov escaped Youpi's blast through Hide and Seek while Morel's smoke doubles tricked Youpi into dodging their pipes.
• Kite and Killua arrived with Joey, and Youpi's fury erupted in a massive blast that destroyed Joey's Nen Bullets.
• Youpi charged toward the Throne Hall, but seeing Killer Queen beside Joey redirected his rage toward Joey instead.
• Kite shot Youpi while Killer Queen blocked a strike, and Joey used a coin and a large cat to counter Youpi's explosive attacks.
• Shoot's flying hands rescued Joey from Youpi's blade, and Joey retreated into Morel's Deep Purple soldiers as Youpi's attacks missed.
• Youpi threw Heartbreaker Attack away before it could explode, while Potclean continued growing beside him.

The Extermination Team fought Youpi while Joey returned to the palace, where the Rose explosion revealed that Meruem had survived but was dying from the Rose’s poison. After Meruem absorbed Youpi’s cells and rushed toward the palace, Komugi asked the team to let her stay.

• Youpi used En to distinguish the real Extermination Team members from Morel’s smoke doubles while they continued to stall him, and Joey returned to the palace to conserve his Nen.
• Joey saw Gon hurry through the palace, then witnessed the Rose explosion and learned from Palm that Netero had implanted it in his heart and Meruem had only hours or less to live.
• Youpi broke through the team’s blockade and flew toward Meruem, who survived the blast and was moving back toward the palace; Komugi had awakened and asked Joey how much time Meruem had left.
• Youpi found Meruem and gave him his cells, restoring his body and granting him wings, but the transfer caused Potclean to turn into Hakoware and force Youpi into Zetsu.
• Meruem tried to destroy Hakoware with Youpi’s ability, then carried Youpi toward the palace as Knov recommended withdrawing and Kite worried Meruem might threaten civilians.
• Komugi asked the gathered Extermination Team to let her stay.

Netero fought Meruem with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, then triggered the Rose bomb when his strongest attack failed to kill the King. Meruem survived and returned to Komugi, where they continued their game as they faced death together.

• Meruem offered to spare Netero, but Netero refused and attacked him with the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva.
• Meruem studied Netero’s attacks, wounded him, and endured Zero Hand, which left Netero aged and exhausted.
• Netero detonated the Rose bomb, and Meruem survived the blast with help from Youpi.
• Meruem returned to the palace and sat with Komugi to resume their game as Youpi died nearby.
• Komugi told Meruem she wanted to die with him, and Meruem learned that his name meant “the light that illuminates everything.”

After the Chimera Ant incident ended, Joey left East Gorteau and returned to Rocario, planning to heal Andrei and eventually obtain a Hunter License. As he departed with Kite and the others, he learned more about Reina’s creation and looked forward to meeting Sambika, the physician whose ability had helped bring her to life.

• Joey watched Meruem and Komugi die from the Rose’s effects, then used First Bomb to make Komugi’s corpse disappear before leaving East Gorteau.
• The International Organization took over East Gorteau and NGL, while the Hunter Association assumed responsibility for NGL and recovered five thousand modified humans from the palace.
• On August 3, Joey returned to Rocario, where Knov had arranged for Andrei to stay at a hospital near Hunter Association Headquarters.
• Joey considered Killua’s likely concern for Alluka but decided he would not approach the Zoldyck Family himself.
• Joey declined Kite’s offer to visit Reina, then learned that Sambika, a Virus Hunter and physician, had used an ability that helped Reina be born.
• Joey boarded an airship with the departing group, hoping to heal Andrei, earn a Hunter License, and learn more about life energy from Sambika.

After Netero announced his resignation, Joey reached the Hunter Association headquarters, received his new identity and a large reward, and learned that the Kakin Empire still had a bounty on him. He then visited Andrei at the hospital and found Terpsichora consuming his aura, while Killua’s plan to help remained unclear.

• Netero announced his resignation and set conditions for an election to choose the next Chairman.
• Joey met Mizaistom at the Association headquarters, accepted a three-million-Jenny reward for information about Zaiyilo, and learned that Kakin had increased the bounty on him.
• Joey received his new identity and a reward for the Chimera Ant extermination, raising his funds to nearly one hundred million Jenny.
• Joey, Kite, and Morel found that Terpsichora was draining Andrei’s aura and that exorcists feared the risks of removing it.
• Gon said Killua had a way to help Andrei but might need the group’s support, leaving Joey to wonder what Killua intended.
• Joey returned to the hotel and resumed training.

Joey studied how Nie D-7 Virus affected his Gold Experience creation and suspected its apparent immortality might be connected to Zobae Disease. After discovering that someone had poisoned his dinner, he hired Mizaistom to investigate the people targeting him.

• Kite introduced Joey to Sambika, who infected Joey's Gold Experience kitten with Nie D-7 Virus and left him with the cat and documents about Reina's birth.
• Joey read that Nie D-7 Virus could make a Gold Experience creation repeatedly switch between life and coin form, and he suspected Zobae Disease explained the phenomenon.
• Joey noticed Zobae Disease mentioned in the documents and began to suspect Sambika was investigating the Five Great Calamities disease.
• Joey used mice created from the dinner tableware to test his delivered meal, and two mice collapsed after eating poisoned food.
• Kite brought the poisoned waiter to Joey's room, and Joey considered that the waiter might already have been dead when he delivered the meal.
• Joey called Mizaistom and agreed to pay him to investigate the attack and related information.

Joey investigated the bounty on him and considered how to help Killua and Alluka, then attended the Hunter Association election with Kite and Gon. As Joey left the headquarters, two cars driven by manipulated corpses attacked him, and their sudden collision brought professional Hunters onto the scene.

• Joey learned that someone had offered one hundred million Jenny to capture him alive and suspected the Fourth Prince's people were behind it.
• Joey reasoned that Killua needed to free Alluka from the Zoldyck Family and considered how the Extermination Team could help.
• Joey went to the Hunter Association headquarters with Kite and Gon, where Mizaistom gave him a file and he saw Hisoka leave with Illumi Zoldyck.
• Joey dodged gunfire from two cars and used Nen Bullets to damage the moving corpses driving them.
• The two cars swerved into each other and exploded, and professional Hunters appeared as Joey noticed something was amiss.

Joey and Kite investigated the coordinated attack on Joey at Hunter Association headquarters and suspected that a third party was targeting him. After learning Killua was on his way to headquarters, Joey revealed that he had overheard Hisoka speaking with Illumi Zoldyck, Killua’s eldest brother.

• Joey surrendered to Ed Amanda and was taken to the Association security department for questioning while Kite waited with Gon.
• Joey, Kite, and Gon returned to the hotel, where Kite explained that Teradein and his allies had interfered with the Association’s normal response and might have been paid to target Joey.
• Kite and Joey reviewed intelligence about mercenaries investigating Joey, including a declining Mafia family named Nostrade, while Gon received a call from Morel about Killua.
• Gon left after learning that Killua was traveling to headquarters with Zoldyck Family butlers, and Knov began preparing a temporary hospital room for him.
• Kite noticed Joey had been working from a plan, and Joey revealed that a listening device had caught Hisoka talking with Illumi Zoldyck before handing Kite a voice recorder.

Joey used a listening beetle to uncover Illumi and Hisoka’s plan involving Killua, then set out with the Extermination Team to support Killua and draw out the people targeting him. As Joey’s group headed for Palastan, mercenaries pursuing him learned he was bound for Locket City and were ordered to capture him.

• Joey’s Gold Experience beetle recorded Hisoka telling Illumi that he wanted to eliminate their younger brother, and Illumi warned that Killua and Gon might both die.
• Joey explained to Kite that he planned to support Killua while using the operation to expose the people plotting against him, though Kite warned that the mercenaries might not know who had paid them.
• Kite gave Joey contact information for the Hacker Hunter Ikushambe Katocha, and Joey decided to proceed with the plan while leaving Ginger Cat in Kite’s care.
• On August 8, Joey, Kite, Palm, Gon, Ikalgo, Knuckle, Shoot, and Meleoron left by airship for Palastan, while Knov and Morel remained behind as backup.
• On another airship, Ed told Sandra that Tserriednich had identified Joey’s destination as Locket City and relayed the order to capture him; Sandra proposed killing an Ai Yi Yi Family wolfman, but Ed refused.

Joey and Kite intercepted the pursuit on Kansi Mountain while Killua escaped, and Hisoka engaged Kite. Joey broke away from the others and headed toward Knuckle’s position to confront the assassins targeting him.

• Knuckle reported armed Mafia cars and other vehicles climbing the mountain, and Joey’s group split up to carry out their plan.
• Joey and Kite encountered Killua and his butlers, and Kite explained that Illumi’s recorded threat had revealed their route.
• Killua used Godspeed to escape as Hisoka appeared, and Kite stayed behind to fight him while Joey blocked Hisoka’s playing card with Killer Queen.
• Gotoh exchanged attacks with Hisoka, while Joey helped Amane and Canary withdraw before splitting off to pursue his own plan.
• Joey received Knuckle’s message marking Illumi’s direction and the team’s location, then headed toward the marked spot.

Joey fought Ed and Sandra after their ambush, using his Nen abilities and allies’ support to defeat Sandra and corner Ed. Ed revealed that the Fourth Prince had targeted Joey because he knew about [Ming], leaving Joey with questions about what the prince knew.

• Joey escaped the attacking vehicles, discovered Ed and Sandra among the attackers, and realized Sandra could control people with sticky notes.
• Ed and Sandra fought off Joey’s invisible allies and Heartbreaker Attack while Joey prepared a barrage of Nen Bullets.
• Meleoron’s ability ended, exposing Ed to Potclean’s interest calculation, and Joey’s attacks left Sandra unconscious.
• Ed snapped Sandra’s neck and faced Joey alone, gambling that Joey wanted information more than revenge.
• Ed told Joey that the Fourth Prince wanted to meet him and knew about [Ming].

Joey’s team captured Ed and reunited with Killua’s companions, but Illumi and Hisoka arrived too late to intercept them at the airship terminal. Joey’s plan to travel separately fell through, while Illumi prepared to use needle-controlled people to aid his next move.

• Joey’s team defeated Ed, and Potclean’s interest left him bankrupt and in Zetsu before Knuckle knocked him unconscious.
• Knuckle and Meleoron brought Ed along, while Shoot reported that he had dealt with the surveillance team and the other two targets had not appeared.
• Palm told Shoot that Killua had boarded an airship and that Kite had arrived, so Joey and his teammates returned to the terminal.
• Joey joined the others aboard an airship bound for headquarters, abandoning his plan to part ways with Kite and travel to Kakin alone.
• Illumi and Hisoka reached the terminal after the airship departed, discussed the information their opponents had obtained, and Illumi revealed his plan to use aura-laden needles to control people.

Joey and the others coordinated with Killua and the Hunters to reach the hospital while drawing Illumi away from Killua. After Illumi withdrew, Joey and Gon’s car was struck by a bus as a heavy truck bore down nearby.

• Joey learned from Morel that Hunters would be hired to intercept Illumi’s Needlemen while Morel and Knov waited nearby to support the teams.
• Killua joined Kite and the others aboard their airship with Alluka, while Tsubone, Amane, and Canary followed to ensure he obeyed the rules.
• Knov assigned the group to several cars and arranged for Morel to reach any team that Illumi attacked through Hide and Seek.
• Knov messaged Gon that Illumi had blocked Killua but withdrew after Killua made his choice and the Hunters provided support.
• Gon spotted a heavy truck speeding toward Joey’s car, but a bus struck them from another direction and sent their car rolling toward the sidewalk.

Joey and Gon were ambushed by Mafia gunmen, and Joey identified a Nen bullet that deprived him of his hearing. After Joey discovered two Nen users were hiding nearby and that Gold Experience’s creations could stop the bullets, a wolf-like humanoid attacked Gon.

• Killer Queen destroyed the overturned car so Joey and Gon could escape and alert Knov, then Mafia gunmen opened fire on them.
• Joey and Gon counterattacked, killing the ordinary gunmen, while a conjured bullet struck Joey’s skin and deprived him of his hearing.
• Joey spotted a Mafia member react to a coin and sent a transformed bird after him, but an unseen enemy blocked it with a Nen-enhanced car door.
• After the gunmen fell, a wolf-like figure charged Gon while another enemy hurled car doors and fired sensory-deprivation bullets at Joey.
• Joey used a Gold Experience creation to block a bullet and suspected the enemy could deprive targets of their senses with successive hits.

Joey defeated a wolf demi-human with Killer Queen’s bomb ability, but the gunman’s Nen ability then deprived him of sight. Joey realized the Stand had lost its vision too and began trying to identify the ability’s weakness while blind.

• The pudgy gunman and the wolf demi-human planned an ambush, with the gunman firing as the wolfman charged Joey.
• Joey used Killer Queen and Nen to fight the wolfman at close range, then turned him into a bomb and annihilated him.
• Joey rushed toward the gunman, but his sight suddenly vanished despite no bullet visibly hitting him.
• Joey tested Killer Queen with a coin and confirmed that the Stand was blind as well, then began reasoning about the gunman’s ability and its limitations.

Joey calculated the timing of his opponent’s sensory-deprivation ability and used Heartbreaker Attack’s Chariot to dodge a special Nen bullet, regaining his sight. After the enemy youth killed himself, Joey and his allies learned the attackers might have obtained his whereabouts from three missing Amateur Hunters and destroyed the battlefield evidence.

• Joey tracked the intervals between the bullets and sensory losses, then used the heat of bullets he had caught to draw Heartbreaker Attack’s Chariot toward him.
• Joey detonated the Chariot beside himself, using the blast to evade the next bullet and regain his sight.
• Joey confronted the Chubby Youth, who threatened to keep Joey deaf, then shot himself when Gon approached.
• Joey suspected another watcher, but Kite found no one nearby, and Knov revealed that three Amateur Hunters had been found with their eyeballs missing.
• Joey realized the enemy might read memories and used his swift and Killer Queen to destroy the corpses; Knov told Gon that Killua had arrived.

Joey received Mizaistom’s intelligence linking Ed’s abduction to the V5 merchant Gerat Mattle and learned that the Kakin princes’ pursuit had eased. He kept Gerat’s location document while weighing his options, and Mizaistom offered to hire him as a Crime Hunter assistant.

• Joey returned to the hotel with the others and worried about the enemies, political factions, and uncertain path ahead of him.
• Mizaistom arrived with breakfast and documents, revealing that Ed had once worked for Gerat Mattle and that Light Nostrade had hired him through the mercenary Sandra.
• Joey recognized Neon Nostrade in the file and realized Chrollo might still possess her fortune-telling ability, but decided not to contact her.
• Mizaistom warned Joey that Gerat had Nen-using Hunter bodyguards and powerful allies, then gave him a document showing where Gerat spent most of his time.
• Mizaistom said the Eighth Prince had withdrawn his bounty and the Ai Yi Yi Family was unlikely to send more attackers, while Joey admitted he might consider entering Kakin if the pursuit continued.
• Joey asked about earning money as Mizaistom’s assistant, and Mizaistom quoted salaries for trainee and Professional Crime Hunters.

Joey stayed behind after his companions departed, tending to Ginger Cat and preparing for his own journey to the World Tree. As Kakin announced its Dark Continent expedition and introduced Beyond Netero, Joey rejected the idea of joining it.

• Joey decided to travel with Kite for now and concealed what he knew about Gerat from him.
• Andrei arrived with Buhara and Menchi, and Joey received Sambika's instructions and equipment for tracking Ginger Cat's data.
• Gon, Killua, Kite, and their companions made plans to part ways, while Joey stayed at the hotel for a few extra days before leaving alone with Ginger Cat.
• Kakin's king, Nasubi Hui Guo Rou, announced an expedition to the Dark Continent and introduced Beyond Netero as its leader.
• Joey judged that Kakin's expedition would face the succession war and other dangers, and decided he would not join it.

Joey traveled to the World Tree and climbed to its summit, where he watched the sunrise beside a giant bird’s nest and reflected on the appeal of exploration. After photographing the view, he stepped out beyond the nest’s edge.

• Joey arrived near the World Tree, bought a camera, and watched glowing Light Birds at night, using Gold Experience to create one from a coin.
• Joey presented his amateur Hunter License and Chimera Ant medal to register for the climb, then leaped onto the tree before the attendant finished advising him.
• Joey climbed through the wind and cold, overcoming his fear of heights and reaching the treetop in less than twenty minutes.
• Joey found a giant bird and its five chicks in a nest at the summit, then sat above the clouds and admired the view.
• Joey photographed the sunrise and played with the Ginger Cat as the giant bird flew away, then packed up and stepped beyond the edge of the nest.

Joey began developing a Nen ability modeled on Weather Report and tested it aboard the airship bound for Oja City. After Ed challenged him to a rigged treadmill race, Joey won and learned that Gerat wanted to tell him about Ming’s origins and the dangers surrounding it.

• Joey studied weather and animal information, then used En and Manipulation to create a Weather Nen Beast that formed a cloud and produced a weak lightning bolt.
• Joey continued training his abilities and exercised aboard the airship until Ed appeared and challenged him to a treadmill race, with the stakes being two months without further interference if Ed lost.
• Ed revealed that Coach and a woman in yoga clothes were assisting him, while Coach’s Fair Competition Nen ability penalized Joey for cheating.
• Joey used Killer Queen to transform part of Ed’s treadmill and threatened to break it, forcing Ed to concede and promise that Gerat’s people would leave Joey alone for two months.
• Ed told Joey that Gerat could explain Ming’s true origins and hidden dangers, adding that Joey was not the first person whose soul had been pulled into a human body and survived.