Chapter Summaries

Luona learned that Carl was a young Nen user and considered ways to bring her into the Keike Family’s circle. Meanwhile, Hisoka secretly watched the Phantom Troupe until Machi and Feitan exposed him, and he left the screening room after Chrollo let him go.

• Luona asked Carl if she was a Nen user, and Carl confirmed that she counted as one according to Lianke’s teaching.
• Luona decided to cultivate goodwill with Carl and considered introducing her to children from the Keike Family.
• Hisoka watched the Phantom Troupe from the ceiling under Texture Illusion while they discussed Old Will’s restored body.
• Machi sensed someone overhead, and Feitan spotted a dry patch on the ceiling and prepared to throw his dagger.
• Hisoka revealed himself, and Uvogin recognized him as Carl’s senior fellow disciple.
• Chrollo stopped Feitan, directed Hisoka to a room where he could rest, and said they would pay Lianke for restoring Old Will’s body.

Carl woke at the casino and learned that Luona was searching Meteor City for the missing Phantom Troupe children. While Luona introduced him to five girls from the Keike Family, Pike Cake arrived and confronted Lianke.

• Carl woke in Luona’s casino and hurried to ask about the Phantom Troupe.
• Luona said she had sent people to the black market and across Meteor City to find the children, and had warned recycling companies not to take any children that week.
• Luona had Carl share breakfast with Sophie Cake, Sela Cake, Yani Cake, Kayla Cake, and Rachel Cake, who introduced themselves and tried to befriend him.
• Carl told the girls that he liked collecting plant seeds.
• Pike Cake entered the dining room and addressed Lianke as a rare guest.

Lianke left the Keike Family’s casino with Carl after Pike’s arrival disrupted Luona’s attempt to win them over. On the way, Lianke explained why she had departed and revealed that the Keike Family had been considering a marriage alliance for Carl, who objected that she was only eleven.

• Pike recognized Carl’s constant Ten and considered how to keep the young Nen user in Meteor City or earn her goodwill.
• Lianke refused to stay at Luona’s home and left with Carl, while Luona remarked that Pike had scared away her treasured guest.
• As they walked from the casino, Lianke told Carl that she had to leave because the church’s corpses needed attention.
• Lianke explained that the Keike Family had presented its girls as potential marriage partners for Carl and described the family’s influence in Meteor City.
• Carl protested that she was only eleven and asked whether she could become an elder without marrying into the Keike Family.

Carl reunited with Chrollo and the Phantom Troupe at Grandpa Will’s funeral, where Chrollo concealed what he had learned about the killer. After Lianke charged ten million Jenny to stitch the body, Carl proposed that the troupe become her disciples and owe her for their training, and Chrollo led a vote to ask her the next day.

• Carl arrived at the church and found Chrollo, Uvogin, and the others burying Grandpa Will.
• Chrollo told Carl that nearby residents had killed Grandpa Will and stolen the church’s food, but he concealed what he had discovered about the real killer.
• Lianke arrived, and Chrollo thanked her for stitching Grandpa Will’s body; Lianke charged ten million Jenny, which the troupe could not afford.
• Carl suggested that the troupe train under Lianke and repay her later, explaining that she already owed Lianke a hundred million Jenny.
• Chrollo, Carl, Franklin, Shalnark, Machi, Sarasa, and Paku voted to approach Lianke about becoming her disciples.

Wao rescued Sheila from traffickers and learned that she had once been part of the Phantom Troupe, though she did not know where they had gone. At the church, Chrollo told Carl that their foster mother had killed Old Will and asked Carl to keep the truth from Sarasa.

• Wao and his gang intercepted three men carrying Sheila in a cage, captured them, and freed her.
• Sheila told Wao that the Phantom Troupe was the name of her old church group and said its members had left a month before the church was attacked.
• Wao decided to bring Sheila back with him because she knew about the Phantom Troupe.
• Hisoka teased Carl about the Qi and Blood Pumpkin, and Carl gave him a whole pumpkin before returning to the church room.
• Chrollo explained that he had kept information from Carl because he feared Carl would tell Sarasa, then revealed that their foster mother had killed Old Will.
• Carl agreed to keep the murder secret from Sarasa, questioned whether Chrollo was certain, and watched Chrollo leave without answering.

Carl and Lianke maneuvered the Phantom Troupe into becoming Lianke’s disciples instead of paying the ten million Jenny mending fee. Lianke agreed to take them to her cabin in the Mist Forest after they said goodbye to their foster mothers and gathered their belongings.

• Carl woke early to harvest the Bomb Pomegranates after barely sleeping, then joined Uvogin and the Phantom Troupe on their visit to Lianke.
• Carl proposed that Lianke take the Phantom Troupe as disciples, with tuition of fifty million Jenny each, rather than demand the unpaid fee.
• Sarasa pleaded with Lianke and promised the children would collect and sell trash to repay her, while Chrollo and the others also asked to become her disciples.
• Lianke agreed to take the Phantom Troupe to the cabin in the Mist Forest and gave them half a day to say goodbye to their foster mothers and pack.
• The Phantom Troupe celebrated, Carl and Chrollo shared a knowing smile, and Hisoka grinned at the thought of having so many people to fight.

Sophie delivered a message and rare seeds from Madam Luona to Carl at the church, while Franklin rescued Sheila from an iron cage. Carl discovered that the seeds could grow Seven-Day Flowers, which could temporarily revive the dead, leaving her shocked by their power.

• Sophie, escorted by Wao, brought the exhausted Sheila in an iron cage to the church.
• Franklin recognized Sheila, freed her from the cage, and carried her inside with Carl and Sophie.
• Sophie gave Carl documents and explained that Madam Luona had sent rare seeds as a gift.
• Carl examined the seeds and learned that Seven-Day Flowers could revive the dead for seven days.

Carl’s papers exposed Sheila’s sale of church communion wafers on the black market, enraging Chrollo and the others. Sheila defended herself, and Chrollo ended the chapter demanding that Franklin move aside as he confronted her.

• Carl accepted seeds from Sophie and learned that Sophie had already given her the black-market records.
• A loose page revealed transactions involving communion wafers, and Chrollo recognized a brooch mentioned in the records as one he had found in Sheila’s room.
• Carl showed the records to the others, whose entries described someone selling the wafers and buying a gold-plated brooch.
• Nobunaga accused Sheila of selling the communion wafers, and Sheila admitted she had sold some to buy Grandpa Will new glasses.
• Carl challenged Sheila for taking food from residents in need, but Sheila defended herself and called those residents lowlifes.
• Chrollo struck the wall beside Sheila and ordered Franklin to move, his eyes reddened with tears.

Carl stopped Franklin from defending Sheila, and Chrollo killed Sheila at Old Will’s grave. The Phantom Troupe returned to the church, while Carl urged Franklin to check Chrollo’s house.

• Franklin refused to let the Phantom Troupe hurt Sheila, so Carl knocked him down and held him back.
• Chrollo chased Sheila toward Old Will’s grave, where he cut off her head.
• Carl told Franklin he had no right to act like a good person when he knew nothing, and Franklin stopped trying to escape.
• Carl led the others to Old Will’s grave, where they found Chrollo beside Sheila’s headless body and Paku sobbing.
• Machi helped Paku back to the church as the Phantom Troupe followed, and Carl told Franklin to check Chrollo’s house.

Carl thanked Sophie for arranging protection for the Phantom Troupe’s foster mother and escorted her from the church, while Lianke took the troupe to the Forest of Mist and settled them into rooms. The chapter left the troupe inside Lianke’s courtyard, where Carl carried the sleeping Sarasa upstairs.

• Lianke told Carl she had not cared about Sheila’s death because Sheila was a stranger, then reminded him to thank Sophie for her gift.
• Sophie told Carl that Madam Luona would send people to maintain stability in the North District, and Carl agreed to see her home.
• Wao and his men appeared outside the church, but Wao made an excuse and hurried away so Carl could continue escorting Sophie.
• Lianke and the Phantom Troupe rode the number 16 bus to the Forest of Mist, where the group found a wall of corpses in Lianke’s courtyard.
• Lianke assigned rooms, Chrollo paired up the troupe members, and Carl offered to share his room with Sarasa.