Gon returns home to Whale Island with Killua. He introduces Killua to Mito and they have a great meal together with his great-grandmother. Gon shows Mito his new Hunter License and she almost breaks it. Gon is worried, and it shows Killua smiling, seeing how a real family is. Later, Gon shows Killua around the island. In the late evening, Mito decides to bring them food. Killua tells Gon he's jealous that Gon has things he wants to do, but Killua has no direction and doesn't want to run the family business. They tell each other they're their first friends. Killua asks about Gon's mom, and Gon explains he never wanted to ask Mito about her, since he thinks of her as his mom. Mito overhears this and has tears of joy.
When Gon and Killua return, Mito gives Gon a cube Ging left him. Mito tells Gon about how Ging left, and it is revealed her parents died in a car accident, something she told Gon at a younger age that happened to his parents. After 10 years, Ging dropped off Gon as a baby and asked the two to look after him. Mito tells Gon that she and her grandmother really don't know anything about his mother, even if he asked. Ging and Mito always played together growing up.
The next day, Gon and Killua try to figure out the cube. Killua figures it out, Gon must use Nen. It falls apart immediately after, the steel bound together by strange markings like Wing's thread on Gon's finger. There is another colorful box inside, and Gon uses his Hunter License to open it. There's a tape, a ring and a memory card inside. On the tape is Ging. Ging asks Gon if he truly wants to see him, but says he doesn't want to see Gon, since he feels selfish. Meanwhile, Ging is shown on an island with a giant red tornado, sitting on top a giant lizard, which is sitting on top of another gigantic beast!
At the end of the tape, Ging mentions Gon's mother, but Gon quickly turns it off. Suddenly the tape uses Nen, rewinds itself, records over the message and it's gone. They then turn to the memory card, as Killua explains it's from a JoyStation Console. After Killua buys one, they see the only game on the memory card is called Greed Island. They find it's incredibly rare and insanely expensive. Killua calls his brother Milluki for more information. Killua bribes Milluki for information with the memory card and finds out an auction will take place in September in Yorknew City. Meanwhile, Milluki finds out a tycoon named Battera is willing to pay 50 billion Jenny Currency Symbol for anyone who completes the game. The next day, Killua and Gon head for Yorknew City.
At some point after parting company with his friends, Kurapika succeeds in finding an agency specializing in providing rich and famous people with bodyguards and hirelings. However, he is immediately told that despite his Hunter License, he is not qualified for such work because he still knows nothing of Nen. The agent says that his Hunter Exam has not finished and tells him to come back after being able to see pure aura.
He returns at the beginning of August and is employed to become a bodyguard in a rich and famous family. In the mansion, he meets Melody, Baise, Shachmono Tocino, Basho, and Squala. The leader of the bodyguards welcomes the applicants and sets a challenge for them. Eleven hooded men attack them, armed with guns and swords. With the use of his Dowsing Chain, Kurapika defends himself and observes the situation from above. He notices that only Shachmono who is not attacked. Kurapika jumps towards him and puts a knife on his neck, ordering him to stop the assaulter. The eleven attackers vanish but Kurapika still suspects another cohort. Dowsing his Dowsing Chain, Kurapika reveals that Squala is another suspect. Baise, Melody, and Basho confirm this by using their own Nen abilities. Dalzollene appears on screen again and congratulates the applicants for passing the challenge.
Gon and Killua arrive in Yorknew City and immediately visit a cafe to try the URL provided by Milluki earlier. With Gon's Hunter License, they are able to access the Hunter Association website. They find out that Greed Island is a game for Nen users. Once a player starts a game, they are pulled into the world of Greed Island. Players cannot simply leave the game by cutting the power to the console. If you die within the game, you die in real life. The two are also told that one person once hired 50 Nen users to enter the game, with none returning alive. While the game is indeed out of print, seven copies will be in the Yorknew auction with a starting bid of 8.9 billion Jenny Currency Symbol, a price higher than the two expected. Gon and Killua decide to find a way to raise money in order to acquire the game.
Meanwhile, Kurapika, Baise, Basho, and Melody are hired as bodyguards by Dalzollene, and their first task is to escort their boss, Neon Nostrade, to Yorknew City. Elsewhere, the Phantom Troupe gathers and their leader awaits the members' arrival. As Neon arrives in Yorknew, she displays her uncanny ability of fortune-telling, the very ability which keeps their family rich and famous among the Mafia. Before the day ended, members of Phantom Troupe have finally gathered, with Hisoka being late among them. Chrollo gives out his order: to steal everything that will be up for auction.
As Gon and Killua visit the market to buy a new cellphone, they run into Leorio. The bodyguards of the Nostrade have been assigned for the upcoming Underground Auction. Three will attend the auction; two will guard the back entrance and another two, Kurapika and Melody, will guard the front. Leorio, Gon, and Killua have finally decided a way to raise money. They begin inviting people to their arm wrestling contest. If they win against Gon, they will receive a diamond worth 3 million Jenny Currency Symbol. Gon continuously wins until a girl, Shizuku, challenges him. The match is intense but in the end, Gon uses his full strength to defeat her.
The auction is about to start and Kurapika and Melody stand into their positions. While Kurapika wonders if the Spiders will ever show up, Melody hears the rage in his heart. Knowing that he cannot lie to her, Kurapika narrates his story to her: his clan's massacre, the stolen Scarlet Eyes and his revenge. Meanwhile, Baise, Shachmono Tocino, and Ivlenkov have been deployed to attend the auction. With all the guests gathered, the Phantom Troupe infiltrates the event. Feitan and Franklin of the Phantom Troupe disguise themselves as hosts and they proceed to kill everyone in the room.
Shachmono attempts to defend him and his companions with his Eleven Black Children, but Franklin's Nen bullets penetrated through their defense. Baise and Ivlenkov flee the room but are confronted by Shizuku. She kills them both and proceeds to clean the auction room, leaving no traces behind. Kurapika informs Dalzollene about what happened in the auction and tells him that the merchandise has been stolen as well.
The Phantom Troupe have escaped in a hot air balloon and Uvogin tells Chrollo that the merchandise was taken ahead of time and that there must be a Judas between them. Chrollo replies that none of the members would have a reason to do so so it probably wasn't a mole. They soon learn that the Ten Dons dispatched an elite faction of fighters, the Shadow Beasts, to hunt them down, and that one of them was responsible for emptying the safe. The Mafia shoots down the hot air balloon and surround the Troupe. The Nostrade bodyguards arrive at the scene shortly after. Uvogin says that he will handle the Mafia and easily kills them all, even withstanding a bazooka shot from point blank range.
Kurapika and the other bodyguards are amazed at the strength of Uvogin, and Melody senses somebody approaching. It turns out to be Worm, one of the Shadow Beasts, and he and three others, Leech, Rabid Dog, and Porcupine come to apprehend Uvogin. The rest of the Phantom Troupe are bored, so they start playing cards. Worm is the first to attack and Uvogin punches him in the face. However this did little to no damage to Uvogin and he punched Worm back in the face, smashing it in. Worm then tries to immobilize Uvogin by pulling his hand underground, while the other Shadow Beasts take care of him, but Uvogin uses Big Bang Impact to free himself. He tries to punch Porcupine, but Porcupine's hairs stop the attack, and Uvogin cannot free himself from them. Rabid Dog starts biting him and reveals that his bites contain paralyzing poison.
Uvo collapses and Leech then injects leeches into him. Uvogin proceeds to eat half his head and then spits part of his skull at Rabid Dog, killing him. Next, he yells extremely loudly, making Porcupine's eardrums explode. Uvogin asks Shizuku if she can remove the poison and leeches, but she replies that Blinky can only suck up nonliving things. Kurapika is enraged by the sight of Uvo and prepares to attack him, only to be calmed by a flute tune played by Melody. Kurapika uses his Chain Jail on Uvogin, hauling him into the car, and starts driving away. The Phantom Troupe follow Kurapika's car by use of Machi's Nen Thread.
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