Chapter Summaries

Joey faced Razor in his first match on the 200th floor, discovering that the newcomer had come specifically to test him. Razor overwhelmed Joey with remotely controlled Nen Bullets, but Joey counterattacked with a flaming giant fist as Razor prepared a powerful strike.

• Joey entered the ring to face Razor, who said he would explain his purpose after testing Joey's strength.
• Razor attacked with Nen Bullets, and Joey used his Weather Nen Beast and a fan-shaped En to slow and slice through them.
• Razor detonated concealed Nen Bullets around Joey, blasting him through the air and criticizing him for relying on an incomplete ability.
• As Razor raised a volleyball-sized Nen Bullet, flames appeared beside him and an enormous fist swung toward his face.

Joey defeated Razor at Heavens Arena by using his weather control, disappearing tricks, and living coins to get past Razor’s Nen Beasts. After Razor surrendered, he explained that Kite had sent him to guide Joey, and the two left together as Razor prepared to travel to Kakin with his companions.

• Razor used his [14 Devils] Nen Beasts and powerful Nen attacks to keep Joey at range, while Joey used coins, ice, mist, and weather manipulation to counter them.
• Joey destroyed the No. 2 Nen Beast with an explosion, then concealed himself among mist and ice crystals while Razor searched for him with En.
• Joey and Killer Queen appeared behind Razor and attacked, but Razor used a Nen Beast as a shield before surrendering.
• Razor correctly deduced how Joey had controlled the atmosphere and hidden himself, but Joey revealed that living coins had misled Razor’s En and enabled his surprise attack.
• Razor told Joey that Kite had asked him to offer guidance, and Joey welcomed his advice as they left the arena.
• Razor said his companions were serious offenders who were staying in their rooms and would travel with him to Kakin.

Razor told Joey that Ging had deciphered the God Script vow and that breaking it required going to the Dark Continent, while Joey trained and continued fighting at Heavens Arena. Joey’s match with Wing began as a fierce close-combat exchange, leaving Joey to assess Wing’s apparent ability to grow stronger as the fight continued.

• Razor told Joey that Ging believed he and Razor would help each other on the journey to the Dark Continent, and explained that the God Script vow would eventually consume its user unless its creator was destroyed.
• Razor gave Joey Ging’s God Script notes and reported that Kakin planned to launch the B.W. No. 1 on August eighth next year; Joey decided to use the months before departure to improve his abilities.
• Razor advised Joey on Emission and ranged Nen combat, while Joey won six consecutive Heavens Arena matches and arranged to interview Goreinu after his upcoming fight with Wing.
• Joey compared Ging’s God Script translation with Piyon’s work, began studying the script, and planned to pursue meteorological research to develop Weather Report.
• Joey and Wing opened their match by trading punches, with Joey using his Weather Nen Beast, atmospheric resistance, rain, and cold to counter Wing’s attacks.
• Joey noticed Wing’s movements accelerating and his muscles changing as the fight continued, and suspected Wing’s ability enhanced him the longer he fought.

Joey defeated Wing at Heavens Arena by exploiting the effects of oxygen deprivation and using Weather Report to create a vacuum, then celebrated with Wing and Zushi. After leaving the arena, he visited Hunter Association Headquarters and continued building his home and facilities before preparing to interview Goreinu.

• Joey wore Wing down with a prolonged fight inside an ice dome, using weather attacks and defensive tactics while waiting for his opponent to weaken from oxygen deprivation.
• Joey used Weather Nen Beast to extract the air around Wing, forcing him to surrender; Wing acknowledged the strategy, and Joey won his seventh consecutive Heavens Arena match.
• Joey, Wing, and Zushi shared a farewell meal and exchanged advice about fighting Nen users.
• Joey left Heavens Arena the next morning and visited Hunter Association Headquarters, where construction had begun on his laboratory, villa, and training facility.
• Joey saw that his villa plans had expanded to include rooms for his friends and allies, while Knov, Morel, and Andrei built additional facilities nearby.
• Joey booked a hotel room and rented an office so he could meet Goreinu for their planned interview.

Joey hired Goreinu to oversee Cluck’s laboratory, then traveled through Saherta while preparing for a possible Dark Continent expedition. After Saherta’s outsider mark and travel restrictions revealed the country’s Nen-based security, Joey realized the V5 might be using Kakin to explore the New Continent and confront the Five Great Calamities.

• Joey hired Goreinu for an annual salary of one billion Jenny, and Goreinu began studying the laboratory animals while his white-furred gorilla guarded Ginger Cat.
• Joey told Knov and Morel that he intended to join the Dark Continent expedition, while Morel offered him a place with his Sea Hunter team and Joey considered hiding his identity to avoid Kakin’s Succession War.
• Joey traveled across Saherta’s desert, weathering a severe sandstorm with Weather Report before reaching a town on the country’s edge.
• A police officer explained that Saherta required outsiders to obtain temporary residence permits and would eliminate visitors who stayed beyond three days without Hunter Licenses.
• Joey examined the Nen-and-God-Script outsider mark on his hand and concluded that the V5 might be sending Kakin to explore the New Continent, where the Five Great Calamities could threaten humanity again.

Joey investigated the Five Great Calamities and the V5 nations while driving through the desert, then tested Saherta’s mark and discovered it detected Nen users. He left the country, unaware that a uniformed team was tracking the presence of a Weapon and pursuing him.

• Joey reviewed what he knew about the Five Great Calamities, the Dark Continent expeditions, and the countries of V5 as he drove through the desert.
• Joey considered the upcoming expedition, the Hunter Association’s personnel, and his plans to consult Andrei and find Gourmet Hunters.
• Joey tested Saherta’s border mark and confirmed that it disappeared when he suppressed his Nen but returned when he used Nen.
• Joey concluded that Saherta’s mark made his infiltration plan impossible, suspected the country had hidden strength, and drove away.
• A four-person team followed Joey’s tire tracks after detecting a Weapon, and the muscular young man pursued him to clean up what he called a stray awakened Weapon.

Joey used Gold Experience creations to identify and mislead the team pursuing him from Saherta, then hid his vehicle and prepared an ambush. He attacked the pursuers with a planted lizard and concealed swifts, leaving Orlando unconscious as the others faced his traps.

• Joey sent hummingbirds to scout the pursuers, then used snakes to alter his tire tracks and confirmed the team had other ways to track him.
• Joey hid his vehicle behind a dune, masked it with a sandstorm, and scattered hummingbirds to draw the pursuers apart.
• Orlando shot down Joey's hummingbirds while Dick tracked Joey through the desert, and the toothpick man drove the team onward despite Joey's snakes.
• Joey detonated a lizard planted on the vehicle, flipping it and separating the toothpick man and Dick from Orlando and the thin man.
• Joey's swift made the thin man vanish, and Joey appeared near Orlando and removed his arm before Orlando lost consciousness.

Joey ambushed Saherta’s squad and captured two limbless men, but Dick used a clone and the desert sand to counterattack. Joey exposed Dick’s scheme and blasted both versions of him, leaving the fate of the remaining man and the living [Ming] unresolved.

• Joey opened the ambush with hummingbirds, venomous snakes, and a swift, then erased the sniper’s limbs and took him hostage.
• Joey trapped a defensive fighter in a Sandfire Tornado and repeatedly bombed him with Heartbreaker Attack, leaving him badly injured but recovering.
• Joey tracked Dick toward a hidden vehicle, but Dick sank into the sand and revealed a second version of himself carrying a [Ming].
• Dick’s clone tried to kill the injured captive and draw Joey away, while Joey suspected the living [Ming] could conjure clones.
• Joey turned a car door into a cheetah that disrupted Dick’s clone, then used hidden scorpions to blast Dick out of the sand.

Joey defeated Dick and the Saherta pursuit squad, rescued Ming by removing the God Script that was draining its life, and captured the sniper Orlando. As Joey questioned Orlando about Weapons and the Dark Continent, Orlando began a dangerous vow, so Joey erased him and continued toward the desert’s edge.

• Joey used snakes, a scorpion bomb, En, and the Weather Nen Beast to force Dick out of the sand, then transformed him into a limbless torso with Killer Queen.
• Ming opened a vortex that pulled a soul into Dick, but Joey removed the God Script from Ming and repaired its body with Gold Experience.
• Joey erased the uncooperative Weapon occupying Dick, rescued the sniper, and drove away with Ming and the prisoner.
• Joey questioned Orlando, who revealed that Kakin had made an agreement with the Weapons and had previously reached the Dark Continent; he also warned that Brion could bring Spores into Lake Mobius.
• When Orlando began a God Script vow, Joey erased him before he could finish, then discarded his ashes and drove toward the edge of the desert.

Joey advanced his Nen training while preparing to investigate Kakin, and he discovered how Ming’s ability trapped a soul inside a Coin. In March, he visited the Zoldyck Family on Kukuroo Mountain, where Illumi took him to meet Great-grandfather Zigg instead of Killua.

• Joey shared dinner with Knov, Morel, and Andrei, learned about the next Hunter Exam’s recruitment plans, and decided not to take it.
• Joey studied God Script, increased his aura and En, and discovered that Ming’s cry trapped the soul of the nearest creature inside a Coin.
• Goreinu brought Ginger Cat back to Joey’s completed laboratory, where Sambika began studying its strange, possibly Zobae-like condition.
• Joey visited Linnie, who gave him a note reading “Gain and loss,” then arranged to visit the Zoldyck Family through Killua.
• At Kukuroo Mountain, Joey learned that Killua and Alluka were still traveling and that Illumi would take him to meet Zigg.
• Joey revealed that he had noticed Illumi approaching with En active, then followed Illumi up the mountain.

Joey visited the Zoldyck estate, learned from Zigg how Ming and Brion’s guardians worked, and agreed to join Zigg and Illumi in an attempt to assassinate Brion. He left for Kakin under a new identity, preparing for the journey to the Dark Continent and the dangers beyond Labyrinth City.

• Joey accompanied Illumi into the Zoldyck estate, where Zigg tested Joey’s abilities with a surprise attack before explaining that he knew of him.
• Zigg explained that Ming’s spores transformed users into Brion’s guardians, described the Gold and Silver Ingot Guards, and revealed that Brion’s true body was hidden in an ancient city.
• Zigg proposed that Joey, Illumi, and he cooperate to infiltrate the ancient city and assassinate Brion, and Joey accepted.
• Joey stayed with the Zoldyck Family for three days as Zigg shared information about the Dark Continent and their planned route, then left Kukuroo Mountain for Kakin.
• Joey considered the risks around Labyrinth City and Saherta, recorded his plans in a notebook, and traveled under a new identity as an investment businessman from the Republic of Padokea.

Joey prepared to board the B.W. on deck two and reach the Imaginary Continent, but Mizaistom and Kurapika asked him to join a prince’s security team to help investigate the succession war. Joey agreed after Kurapika offered money and the right to travel to the Dark Continent, and they began planning his new identity and assignment.

• Joey mapped the B.W., secured a deck-two ticket, and concluded that an unauthorized crossing would be his only route from the Imaginary Continent to the Dark Continent.
• Mizaistom and Kurapika visited Joey and showed him Isaac Netero’s report documenting Gold Experience and urging the Association to make use of Joey on the journey.
• Mizaistom asked Joey to assist Kurapika on deck one, while Kurapika explained that a mole in the Hunter Association made it safer for Joey to join a prince’s security team under a new identity.
• Kurapika offered Joey money and the right to travel to the Dark Continent, and Joey accepted the partnership.
• Joey asked whether he should meet the other five recruits, and Kurapika said they would arrive at headquarters in two days.

Joey negotiated with Kurapika and Mizaistom over his commission, then shared intelligence about the B.W. Ship and Kakin’s secret Succession War. He left the meeting with the voyage drawing closer and still needed to find a way to join a prince’s Guard Soldiers while avoiding the Succession War’s turmoil.

• Mizaistom offered Joey an Association position and future work on the Dark Continent, while Joey asked about Beyond’s route and delayed deciding what he wanted in return.
• Kurapika commissioned Joey to create an opportunity to meet Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou, but Joey explained that reaching the Fourth Prince before the voyage would be extremely difficult.
• Joey shared detailed B.W. Ship plans showing severe shortages of clinics on the lower tiers, and Mizaistom sent the intelligence to Cheadle.
• Joey revealed evidence that Nasubi Hui Guo Rou planned to hold a Succession War aboard the ship through the Seed Urn Ceremony and its Guardian Spirit Beasts.
• Kurapika and Joey discussed how the ceremony would affect the princes’ guards, while Mizaistom considered the added risks to the voyage and its passengers.
• After Mizaistom and Kurapika left, Joey considered how to avoid being caught in the Succession War and how to join a prince’s Guard Soldiers.

Joey analyzed the princes’ security commissions, applied under his merchant identity, and was rejected by the Fourteenth Prince’s team before finally receiving an interview invitation from another prince’s team. He and Kurapika’s group planned how to reach Tserriednich aboard the B.W. Ship, then prepared to gather intelligence through their separate assignments.

• Joey studied Hunter Association intelligence and concluded that the fixed-pay commission most likely came from the Eighth Queen, Oito, rather than the Ninth Prince.
• Joey was rejected from the Fourteenth Prince’s security team, then discussed the commission and their plans with Kurapika, Biscuit, Hanzo, Melody, and the others.
• Kurapika considered using the Fourteenth Prince and Oito as a route to Tserriednich, while Joey warned that their weakness could make them burdens rather than useful intermediaries.
• Joey proposed using the princes’ events and Melody’s performance to create an opportunity for Kurapika to meet Tserriednich, with protecting a prince as a backup plan.
• Joey received an interview invitation at the Huihui Hotel, and most of the group received the same destination while Hanzo was assigned to a different Hui Guo Rou hotel.
• Kurapika arranged for the group to share intelligence through the Hunter Association’s Q system, which Joey could also access through Cheadle’s authorization.

Joey secured a guard position with Twelfth Prince Momoze while secretly monitoring her security team and coordinating with Kurapika. After the Eve Festival and the voyage to the B.W. Ship, the succession war began when a huge Nen beast appeared in Momoze’s room.

• Joey interviewed with Seventh Queen Sevanchi and Twelfth Prince Momoze, who hired him on the condition that he prioritize protecting Thirteenth Prince Marayam.
• Joey and Kurapika joined Momoze’s security team, and Joey used ladybug devices to investigate the guards and their possible loyalties.
• At the Eve Festival on August 7, King Nasubi Hui Guo Rou and Beyond Netero addressed the crowd before the princes and guards traveled to the B.W. Ship.
• After the banquet, Joey and Kurapika escorted Momoze and Sevanchi to their quarters, where a huge Nen beast appeared to protect Momoze.

Joey and Kurapika protected Momoze after the Seventh Queen transferred most of her guards to Marayam, and they subdued two guards who attacked her. Joey revealed his plan to help Momoze survive the Succession War and began explaining Nen to her.

• The Seventh Queen moved Marayam into Momoze's room and ordered most of Momoze's guards to protect him, but Momoze kept Joey and Kurapika with her.
• After the Seventh Queen and Marayam left, two guards rushed toward Momoze, and Joey used Weather Report to trap them in a gale.
• Kurapika restrained all six guards and began questioning them while Joey introduced himself to Momoze as Dio Brando.
• Joey explained that Momoze had trusted him in hopes of surviving the Succession War, and she thanked him for giving her hope.
• Joey explained the Seed Urn Ceremony and Nen to Momoze, then said he would help her awaken her Nen.

Joey and Kurapika considered how Momoze’s Guardian Spirit Beast and the other princes’ parasitic Nen Beasts might behave during the Succession War. When several unfamiliar Nen Beasts appeared in Momoze’s quarters, Joey decided to test his abilities against the Thirteenth Prince’s Wandering Dragon, but the chapter ended as he tried to overcome its spatial defenses.

• Joey explained that Nen abilities usually required gradual training or carefully balanced vows and limitations, and decided to teach Momoze only enough to recognize Nen and protect herself.
• Momoze grew exhausted because her Guardian Spirit Beast had unknowingly used its ability, so Joey prepared food while Kurapika discussed the dangers of the princes’ parasitic Nen Beasts.
• Joey and Kurapika chose to restrain the six guards rather than kill them, hoping to use them to draw out their backers and contact the senior princes.
• Several Nen Beasts appeared in Momoze’s quarters, including the Sixth Prince’s Musical Notes and the Thirteenth Prince’s Wandering Dragon, prompting Joey and Kurapika to go on alert.
• Joey expanded his En and used weather to repel the approaching Nen Beasts, then vanished using Mirage while Kurapika watched the creatures.
• Joey focused on the Wandering Dragon and sought a way to bypass the space around it so he could make contact.

Joey used lightning and freezing weather to destroy the jellyfish Nen Beasts while investigating the Wandering Dragon’s spatial ability. After revealing that it transported targets to the Fourteenth Prince’s room, Joey completed a God Script that reinforced the wall and let his hummingbirds strike it; Killer Queen then triggered First Bomb.

• Joey sent Heartbreaker Attack toward the Wandering Dragon and used the Weather Nen Beast’s lightning and cold to freeze and shatter the jellyfish Nen Beasts.
• Joey determined that the Wandering Dragon transported anything approaching it to the Fourteenth Prince’s room and concluded that repeatedly triggering its ability could exhaust the Thirteenth Prince.
• Joey observed Kurapika shoot down musical-note Nen Beasts with Shu-enhanced bullets while the wormhole-type Nen Beast remained passive.
• Joey finished inscribing God Script on a wooden plaque and sent it onto the wall, weakening the Wandering Dragon’s spatial defense enough for a hummingbird to strike it.
• A second hummingbird carrying First Bomb hit the Wandering Dragon, and Killer Queen activated the bomb.

Joey gathered intelligence about the princes while guarding Momoze, whose Nen Beast had changed after the Many-Legged Snake disappeared. Kurapika chose to pursue an alliance with the Third Prince, while Joey discovered that the Fourth Prince's Nen Beast was destroying his surveillance insects.

• Joey concealed the Many-Legged Snake's disappearance, destroyed his left hand to eliminate Heartbreaker Attack, and collected reports from his listening-device ladybugs.
• Joey noticed that Momoze's Nen Beast had become smaller and cuter, then kept watch as Momoze went to sleep.
• Joey and Kurapika reviewed Hanzo's, Biscuit's, and Izunavi's reports, learning that the Fourteenth Prince faced grave danger and identifying the Musical Note Nen Beast as the Sixth Prince's.
• Kurapika considered Blagi's offer to connect them with Chorai Hui Guo Rou, and Joey agreed that they should pursue an alliance with the Third Prince using their Nen abilities as leverage.
• Joey resolved to delay the Fourth Prince's discovery of Nen and found that the Fourth Prince's Nen Beast had destroyed the insects sent to monitor him.

Joey and Kurapika weighed their alliance with the Third Prince against the worsening Succession War and the Hunter Association’s limited ability to intervene. After Joey sent a supernatural message to Chorai, the Third Prince noticed it and prepared to contact the Twelfth Prince, but a knock interrupted him.

• Joey sent a paper fly bearing Gilbur’s name and the number twelve into Chorai’s room to prompt the Third Prince to contact the Twelfth Prince.
• Joey learned from Biscuit that an assassin had attacked the Thirteenth Prince, the Seventh Queen had been severely injured, and the prince’s Nen Beast had not appeared.
• Joey told Kurapika to warn Biscuit to proceed carefully and discussed the Thirteenth Prince’s growing danger after losing his Nen Beast and the Seventh Queen’s protection.
• Kurapika reported that Mizaistom, Botobai, and Cheadle were occupied with unrest and shortages across the lower tiers, leaving the Hunter Association unable to support them for about three days.
• Chorai learned that the Fourteenth Prince’s royal guards had been killed and suspected the surviving Hunters might know how it happened.
• Chorai found Joey’s message on his pastry table and reached for the telephone to contact the Twelfth Prince, but someone knocked at his door.