Recaps

Gon used a risky strategy to approach Shizuku, but ran out of Nen and fell after dodging her attack. Biscuit stepped in to protect him as Qiao Lun faced a charging group of people who exploded through the Nen ability Pair of Destructive Men.

• Gon bet that Blinky would return objects in the order Shizuku had absorbed them, advanced with his eyes closed, and swung at her.
• Shizuku stopped Blinky and raised it to strike Gon, but Gon sensed the change, dodged, and fell after using up his Nen.
• Biscuit blocked Shizuku's attack and moved to defeat her, while Qiao Lun turned to face people rushing in from the garbage heaps.
• Qiao Lun summoned Max Elephant and used its water jet against the attackers, who had been struggling against his invisible Shikigami.
• One attacker exploded after clasping hands with another, and Qiao Lun recognized the effect as Pair of Destructive Men.

Qiao Lun’s shikigami overwhelmed Chrollo’s suicide attackers while Kurapika and Killua captured Chrollo with the Binding Chain. Bound and defeated, Chrollo reflected on his lost childhood dream and Sarasa as Qiao Lun left the fate of the Phantom Troupe members to him.

• Chrollo’s marked attackers detonated themselves against Qiao Lun’s forces, but Max Elephant and Rabbit Escape killed many of them.
• Kurapika, aided by Killua, bound Chrollo with the Binding Chain and sealed his Nen Ability.
• After Chrollo fell, the surviving attackers fled, frightened by the shikigami’s slaughter.
• Qiao Lun noted that Chrollo was weaker than during their fight at the Castle, and Chrollo recalled losing abilities while escaping.
• Chrollo remembered his childhood dream of traveling and performing with his friends, and thought of Sarasa.
• Qiao Lun told Chrollo to decide whether to kill the Phantom Troupe members, saying he was no longer interested in them.

After Shizuku was captured, Qiao Lun and Kurapika waited outside Meteor City's Junk Mountain while Gon and the others explored it. Kurapika's conversation with Qiao Lun was interrupted when Sheila appeared, stirring his suspicions about how the Phantom Troupe had found the Kurta Clan.

• Kurapika said he would hand Shizuku over to a V5 prison for Nen users in the Minbo Republic.
• Qiao Lun apologized to Kurapika for his loss, but Kurapika thanked him for helping him take revenge on the Phantom Troupe and lamented that he had not recovered the Scarlet Eyes.
• Qiao Lun told Kurapika not to blame himself for failing to recover all his people's eyes, though Kurapika remained determined to take them home for burial.
• Qiao Lun and Kurapika noticed Sheila walking out of Junk Mountain toward them.
• Kurapika recognized Sheila, who had once encouraged him to leave the Kurta village, and wondered whether she had revealed its location to the Phantom Troupe.

Sheila admitted that her records had given the Phantom Troupe a chance to discover the Kurta Clan’s location, and Kurapika struggled with whether he and Sheila shared blame for the massacre. Qiao Lun stopped Kurapika from acting rashly and urged him not to punish himself over speculation.

• Qiao Lun recognized Sheila and recalled her connection to Meteor City, Sarasa, and the Phantom Troupe.
• Sheila told Kurapika she had known the Phantom Troupe since childhood, though she was not a member.
• Sheila admitted her records had given the Phantom Troupe an opportunity to find the Kurta Clan’s location.
• Kurapika asked whether Sheila would blame him for revealing his Scarlet Eyes, and he broke down in tears.
• Qiao Lun told Kurapika not to blame himself based on speculation and reminded him that the killers had intended to spare no one.

Sheila told Kurapika that Chrollo had given the stolen Scarlet Eyes to Tserriednich, the Fourth Prince of the Kakin Empire, and suggested Pairo might also be in his hands. Kurapika leapt to his feet as Qiao Lun's suspicions about Sheila turned to killing intent.

• Qiao Lun worried about Kurapika's mental state while Kurapika composed himself and invited Sheila to sit.
• Kurapika asked whether Sheila had become a Hunter, and she said she had given up that dream to stay in Meteor City as a nun.
• Qiao Lun and Kurapika noticed Sheila's unusually weak Nen, but Sheila refused to explain it and apologized for the Phantom Troupe's massacre of the Kurta Clan.
• Sheila revealed that Chrollo had given the stolen Scarlet Eyes to Tserriednich, the Fourth Prince of the Kakin Empire.
• Sheila suggested Pairo might also be in Tserriednich's hands, and Kurapika sprang to his feet as Qiao Lun's killing intent flared.

Kurapika and Qiao Lun confronted Sheila over Pairo’s fate, but Sheila died before they could learn what she was trying to accomplish. Afterward, Kurapika decided to leave Kakin until last, while he and Qiao Lun questioned whether Sheila and Chrollo were really dead.

• Sheila told Kurapika that Pairo had died and that his head had been traded away, prompting Kurapika and Qiao Lun to direct their killing intent at her.
• An underground ally tried to seize Sheila, but Qiao Lun’s Divine Dogs and rabbits stopped him, and Kurapika bound Sheila with his chains.
• Sheila withdrew her nen, apologized to Kurapika, and was killed by a swipe from the White Divine Dogs.
• Kurapika buried Sheila and erected a gravestone, then told Qiao Lun he would leave Kakin until last because the nation and its princes were dangerous.
• Qiao Lun and Kurapika noted that Sheila’s nen was unusually weak and Chrollo seemed weaker than before, and wondered if they could still be alive.

Qiao Lun and Kurapika discussed Sheila and the Phantom Troupe, then Gon used [Accompany] to take Qiao Lun and Killua to find Ging. They arrived at a lake and reunited with Kite, whose survey mission might have brought them to Kakin.

• Qiao Lun refused to use [Accompany] to check whether Chrollo was alive because Gon had reserved the card to find Ging.
• Gon returned without useful information from Meteor City, and Kurapika and Biscuit declined to travel with him.
• Gon used the card, which had reverted to [Accompany], to take himself, Qiao Lun, and Killua away from Meteor City.
• The three arrived beside a lake, where Gon recognized Kite and learned he was working with a group of companions.
• Qiao Lun realized Kite might already be surveying organisms in Kakin when Gon introduced him and Killua.

Qiao Lun met Kite while Gon and Killua failed to find Ging, then learned that Kite had once found him but refused to tell Gon where he was. As the group gathered in Kakin, Chimera Ants began appearing on the Balsa Islands, while Qiao Lun remained unaware of the looming danger.

• Kite recognized Ging’s habit of using false names and sensed that Qiao Lun was strong and had come for more than Gon’s sake.
• Qiao Lun admitted he wanted to test his strength against Ging and challenged Kite, who declined to fight.
• Kite told Gon he had found Ging in the past, but Gon chose to find him himself rather than ask where he was.
• Qiao Lun met Kite’s companions at a bonfire, learned they hoped to become professional Hunters, and heard that they were in central Kakin.
• Chimera Ants appeared in a coastal cave on the Balsa Islands, where their Ant Queen continued producing offspring by feeding on local creatures.

Qiao Lun joined Kite’s team in Kakin while waiting for news about the Chimera Ants, and Gon and Killua joined their species survey. After the assignment ended, a client revealed that a strange creature’s limb had been sent to Nanpis, giving Qiao Lun a lead that the Chimera Ant Queen had arrived in NGL.

• Kite invited Qiao Lun, Gon, and Killua to join his team’s work recording new species in Kakin.
• Gon and Killua eagerly began searching for new species, while Qiao Lun asked Kite to spar and learned that Kite refused.
• After seven days, Kite’s team turned in their assignment and accepted the client’s thanks despite receiving no extra payment.
• The client told Kite’s team that someone had sent part of a strange creature’s limb to Nanpis and wanted to sell it to a licensed Hunter.
• Qiao Lun realized the Chimera Ant Queen had likely landed in NGL and decided he needed to hurry.

The Ant Queen in NGL expanded her nest and prepared to create stronger Chimera Ants, while rumors of giant insects drew Pokkle and Ponzu toward the country. In Yorknew City, Kite’s team identified a huge severed limb as belonging to a Chimera Ant and realized NGL might be where the colony was growing.

• The Ant Queen moved her nest inland, fed on people from nearby villages, and prepared to create guards before producing a king.
• Pokkle heard reports of giant insects in NGL and began assembling an investigation team with Ponzu.
• Kite’s team examined a severed limb in Yorknew City, and Lin and Dongbogo noted its unusual size and features.
• Qiao Lun said the limb likely belonged to a giant Chimera Ant, prompting the group to discuss the species’ appetite and reproductive traits.
• Killua concluded the creature could be over two meters tall and capable of eating humans, and Kite’s team set out to find it.
• Kite and Spina realized the limb might have drifted toward NGL, a place well suited to Chimera Ants.

Kite and the others confirmed that the severed limb was likely from a Chimera Ant and prepared to investigate NGL, while Qiao Lun shared his suspicions about how the Queen might have arrived. The group headed toward the neighboring Republic of Rocario, leaving the threat in NGL unverified.

• Wentai confirmed that the comparison results strongly suggested the limb belonged to a Chimera Ant, so Kite applied to visit NG and reported the danger to the Hunter Association.
• Spina’s inquiries strengthened the suspicion that the missing Chimera Ant had crossed the sea, and she went to question Qiao Lun aboard the airship.
• Qiao Lun told Kite that the Queen’s arrival in NGL seemed too unlikely to be accidental, and Kite explained that V5’s quarantine organization actively explored the Dark Continent.
• Gon and Killua overheard the conversation, and Kite warned them to be careful during the coming investigation.
• Qiao Lun accepted the plan to enter NGL with Kite, Gon, and Killua, and their airship set course for the Republic of Rocario.

Qiao Lun sent the Divine Dogs to intercept Pokkle and Ponzu so he could save them and learn about the Chimera Ants. The Divine Dogs caught up with Pokkle’s truck, and after his arrow failed to hurt one of them, Pokkle ordered Yūto to stop.

• Qiao Lun spotted Pokkle and Ponzu in Rocario and decided to intervene before they entered NGL.
• Qiao Lun released the Divine Dogs, which Kite noticed, and told Kite he planned to question the Nen users about the Chimera Ants.
• Pokkle sensed danger as his truck left town, while Ponzu’s bees spread through the area.
• Pokkle spotted the Divine Dogs pursuing the truck and climbed onto its roof to attack them with a Nen arrow.
• The white Divine Dog caught and crushed Pokkle’s arrow, so Pokkle concluded their opponent could control the beasts remotely and told Yūto to stop the truck.

Qiao Lun and Kite learned that Pokkle had come to NGL after an anonymous black-market tip about gigantic insects, which were likely Chimera Ants. Suspecting someone was deliberately sending Nen users into NGL, they chose to focus on stopping the ants and invited Pokkle to join them.

• The Divine Dogs stopped Pokkle, Ponzu, and their companions until Qiao Lun's group arrived, and both groups recognized one another from the Hunter Exam.
• Pokkle explained that an anonymous black-market tip about gigantic insects had led his team to NGL, and Gon identified the insects as likely Chimera Ants.
• Qiao Lun asked how the information had spread and suspected someone was sending Nen users into NGL to accelerate the Chimera Ants' growth.
• Kite and Qiao Lun decided to enter NGL and eliminate the Chimera Ants rather than pursue the suspected mastermind.
• Pokkle's companions chose to withdraw, but Qiao Lun invited Pokkle to travel with the group.

Qiao Lun's group traveled toward NGL while he investigated who might be behind the Chimera Ant crisis. In the nest, Neferpitou emerged as the first Royal Guard and began learning to control the energy around him.

• Pokkle and Ponzu joined Qiao Lun's group, and Ponzu told them she planned to take the Hunter Exam again.
• Pokkle gave Qiao Lun his source's contact information, which Qiao Lun forwarded to Kurapika while considering Beyond Netero's possible involvement.
• Kite told Qiao Lun that he had sent investigators and prepared a report for the Hunter Association, where Pariston might reveal clues through his response.
• Qiao Lun's group traveled along the canal toward the NGL border and reached sight of an enormous banyan tree.
• Neferpitou emerged from his cocoon, accepted clothes from Tethos, and sensed the energy radiating from the Squadron Leader.
• Neferpitou stopped his own energy from dissipating and began circulating it around his body, hoping to grow stronger and earn the king's favor.

Qiao Lun and Kite’s group entered NGL to search coastal villages for signs of a Chimera Ant outbreak. At the nest, Neferpitou asserted control over Colt and ordered a subordinate to bring the living human captives to his quarters.

• Qiao Lun and the others completed NGL’s checkpoint inspection, leaving Kite’s ordinary team members behind and taking only Qiao Lun, Kite, Gon, Killua, Pokkle, and Ponzu inside.
• Qiao Lun sent Ponzu’s bees and the Black Divine Dog to scout, while Ponzu rode the White Divine Dog as the group ran along the coast to investigate villages.
• Kite said they would check the coastal villages for evidence of attacks and hoped the Chimera Ants were not in NGL.
• Colt returned to the nest with captured humans and encountered Neferpitou, who demanded that the living captives be taken to his quarters.
• Neferpitou threatened Colt with his tail, flung him through several walls, and ordered a trembling rabbit-eared Chimera Ant to escort the humans.

Qiao Lun and the others found a deserted village, then came under attack from Chimera Ants using firearms and a Human-Faced Spider. Kite and the White Divine Dogs struck back, leaving the group facing the attackers in the woods.

• Qiao Lun and the others searched a devastated village and concluded that its people had been taken away.
• Kite used Crazy Slots to summon a large gun after a wolf’s howl signaled that the Black Divine Dogs had found something.
• Kite shot an unseen target beneath the ground, and gunfire erupted from the woods toward the group.
• Qiao Lun summoned Rabbit Escape rabbits to block the bullets while Kite shot down a Human-Faced Spider.
• Pokkle fired a Red Arrow at the wounded spider, but it dodged before a White Divine Dog crushed its head.

Qiao Lun and Kite split their group to hunt the Chimera Ants, with Kite taking Ponzu and Pokkle toward Rabbit Escape and Qiao Lun leading Gon and Killua toward the Black Divine Dogs. Qiao Lun’s team fought through ambushes in the forest, and he made sure to finish off every Chimera Ant before it could develop a Nen Ability.

• The White Divine Dogs killed the Human-Faced Spider, and Qiao Lun recognized it as a Chimera Ant Platoon Leader while Kite reported that nearby ants had retreated.
• Kite initially urged the group to stay together, but he agreed to Qiao Lun’s proposal to split into two teams.
• Kite took Ponzu and Pokkle toward Rabbit Escape, while Qiao Lun took Gon and Killua toward the Black Divine Dogs and handed out phones for communication.
• Qiao Lun, Gon, and Killua raced through the forest and fought Chimera Ants attacking from underground and the trees.
• Gon switched from punching the ants away to using Scissors, while Qiao Lun finished off the wounded ants to prevent them from developing Nen Abilities.

Qiao Lun summoned Nue in its enormous Complete Form to destroy a Chimera Ant encirclement and kill its Squadron Leader. With the nearby ants finished off, he rode Nue onward, planning to meet Kite before searching for the nest.

• After Black Divine Dogs killed many Chimera Ants, the remaining ants surrounded Qiao Lun, Gon, and Killua under a toad-headed Squadron Leader.
• Qiao Lun summoned Nue in its Complete Form, and it unleashed lightning that devastated the Chimera Ants and left their leader vulnerable.
• Nue crushed the toad Chimera Ant, and Qiao Lun ordered Black Divine Dogs to finish off the survivors.
• Qiao Lun explained that improved Cursed Energy control had let him summon a much larger Nue, though he believed he could still grow stronger.
• Qiao Lun climbed onto Nue and set out to meet Kite before searching for the Chimera Ant nest.

Kite and the others found the abandoned caves of NGL’s underground organization, where the Chimera Ants had left a grisly trail. Qiao Lun arrived and urged them to head straight for the Chimera Ant nest and kill the Queen before she could produce the King and Royal Guards.

• Kite, Pokkle, and Ponzu fought their way through armed Chimera Ants, and Kite warned that powerful people might have helped NGL conceal its underground operations.
• The group found tortured human corpses and then reached a quiet cliffside lined with Bira trees and cave entrances, which Kite recognized as a likely drug den.
• Pokkle considered leaving NGL as the group’s growing strength and the danger ahead made him realize how far he was from their level.
• Nue descended above the group, and Kite reassured Pokkle and Ponzu that Qiao Lun and his companions had arrived.
• Qiao Lun told the group to skip the caves and go directly to the Chimera Ant nest, prioritizing the Queen before she could produce the King and Royal Guards.
• Kite warned that killing the Queen could leave the other ants free to reproduce, but Qiao Lun argued that the Queen posed the greatest danger and that the remaining ants could be dealt with afterward.

Qiao Lun and Kite approached the Chimera Ant nest while leaving Gon, Killua, and the others behind with the Divine Dogs. They found Neferpitou guarding the nest and discovered that many Soldier Ants there had awakened Nen, leaving them facing an escalating threat.

• Kite and Qiao Lun decided Gon, Killua, Pokkle, and the others should stay behind, and Qiao Lun left both Divine Dogs to protect them.
• Qiao Lun warned Kite that captured Nen users could teach the Chimera Ants Nen, making the colony far more dangerous.
• Qiao Lun and Kite spotted the enormous nest and saw Neferpitou watching them from its outer wall.
• Neferpitou launched himself toward them, and Kite used Crazy Slots to shoot him out of the air without breaking through his defenses.
• Qiao Lun saw swarms of flying Soldier Ants emerge from the nest with [Ten], showing that many Chimera Ants had awakened Nen.

Qiao Lun attacked the Chimera Ant nest while Kite held Neferpitou back, aiming to reach the Queen and the unborn king. He sent Great Serpent into the nest, where Colt tried to defend the Queen, but the Shikigami stopped before striking him.

• Kite jumped off Qiao Lun's back and chose to hold Neferpitou back while Qiao Lun attacked the nest.
• Qiao Lun's lightning attack exposed the nest's vulnerable middle level, and he tore open the roof with a claw strike.
• Qiao Lun summoned Great Serpent and sent it through the nest toward the Queen as Neferpitou's malice surged around him.
• Great Serpent found the Queen guarded by Colt and several Squadron Leaders, while the Queen soothed the restless king in her belly.
• Colt's feathers failed to pierce Great Serpent, but the Shikigami abruptly stopped just before reaching him.

Qiao Lun and the Three Royal Guards rushed to protect Meruem as a giant bird's talon struck the Chimera Ant Queen. After the blow landed, Qiao Lun prepared another attack, while the Queen and Meruem's fate remained unknown.

• Youpi burst through the ceiling and tried to shield Meruem from the bird's talon, while Neferpitou charged toward the Queen under Terpsichora's control.
• Qiao Lun's Shadow Curtain blocked Neferpitou, leaving the bird's talon to strike the Queen as Shaiapouf arrived in a frenzy.
• Qiao Lun pierced Neferpitou through the abdomen with a spear while Neferpitou was distracted by the attack on the Queen.
• Qiao Lun summoned Max Elephant from the Shadow Curtain and sent it crashing toward the damaged part of the nest.

Qiao Lun and Kite tried to eliminate the Chimera Ant Queen and Meruem, but Colt’s sacrifice protected them from the attack. With Neferpitou guarding the sphere and the other Royal Guards still fighting, Qiao Lun chose to target Youpi rather than retreat or unleash Mahoraga.

• Qiao Lun directed Kite to check the lower levels while preparing an electric attack against Shaiapouf and using Phinks’s Shadow Ball to access Revolving Sky.
• Kite spread his En through the nest, and Neferpitou rushed toward the Queen after detecting that she and Meruem had survived.
• Neferpitou pulled a glowing sphere from the rubble, revealing that Colt had used a protective Nen vow to shield the Queen.
• Qiao Lun rejected retreating and unleashing Mahoraga, then chose to target Youpi, who was battling Max Elephant below.
• Shaiapouf recovered some of his reason, split his body apart to evade Qiao Lun’s lightning, and prepared to counterattack.

Qiao Lun used the bird’s enhanced vision and lightning to identify and attack the tiny core of Shaiapouf’s [The Fly King], while Shaiapouf tried to recall his scattered selves. As Kite struggled to break through Neferpitou’s defenses, Max Elephant and another attacker launched a sudden assault, leaving the battle in flux.

• Qiao Lun directed lightning at the bee-sized Shaiapoufs, exposing Shaiapouf’s fatal core and forcing him to recall his scattered selves.
• Qiao Lun continued attacking Shaiapouf while charging [Revolving Sky] for a possible strike against Youpi or Neferpitou.
• Neferpitou used controlled [Defenders] and battered Chimera Ant corpses to block Kite’s attacks.
• Kite grew anxious as more Chimera Ants gathered and considered retreating before the Queen gave birth to the King.
• Max Elephant sent a torrent of water upward as another attacker spread its wings and unleashed fierce winds and electricity.

Qiao Lun and Kite fought their way past the Three Royal Guards and escaped the Chimera Ant nest. Youpi halted his explosive transformation when Qiao Lun reminded him that Meruem was nearby, while Qiao Lun began considering what to ask Kite.

• Qiao Lun struck Youpi with [Revolving Sky] as Max Elephant's water column restricted him, while his electricity attack hindered Shaiapouf.
• Youpi's rage triggered a swelling, explosive transformation, but Qiao Lun warned him that he was close to Meruem, and Youpi stopped expanding.
• Qiao Lun saw Youpi begin transforming into a centaur-like form and prepared to retreat as Max Elephant withdrew into the shadows.
• Qiao Lun summoned two Toads, and he and Kite used them to escape the nest while the Three Royal Guards and nearby Chimera Ants let them go.
• Outside the nest, Qiao Lun told Kite the Three Royal Guards were strong, and Kite noticed Qiao Lun seemed to have something to ask.