After Gon and Killua use an "Accompany" card to meet Ging or "Nigg", so they are transported to the Kakin Empire, a country in Azian Continent. Upon approaching Nigg, they are attacked by the latter, but it turns out that they were actually saved from being attacked by Chimera Ants. The Nigg they were sent to is revealed to be Kite, Gon's savior when he was attacked by a Foxbear back on Whale Island. Kite is surprised to meet Gon there. He tells him he has been on Greed Island on Ging's request, and that Gon's use of "Accompany" instead of "Magnetic Force" caused him to meet Kite and not Ging, who wanted to make sure Gon and him would be alone if they were to meet.
They enjoy eating dinner while Kite tells stories of his life with Ging. Both Gon and Killua are left in awe by the revelation that Ging is a Double-Star Hunter who can also qualify to become a Triple-Star Hunter. Kite also tells Gon that he was finally able to find Ging. He explains his mission to do a biological survey, and returns to his group. The group then discusses a Chimera Ant leg found on the Balsa Islands. The group surveys a shore to find the Ant queen, but to no avail. Killua asserts that the Ant must be over 2m long, enough to easily eat a human. Returning to Yorknew City, they inspect a map, and theorize that the Queen may be located in NGL, the neo-luddite nation. On the journey there, Kite explains the Chimera Ants' unique way of reproduction, phagogenesis, and ponders in horror the consequences of a Chimera Ant infestation in NGL. Only 5 of them manage to actually enter the country due to the harsh, anti-technological policies (Gon, Kite, Killua, Stick, and Podungo).
Meanwhile, on the Yorbian Continent in the south of the Balsa Islands an injured Chimera Ant Queen was left ashore and was trying to heal so that she could give birth to the King. The Queen feeds herself more and gives birth to some soldier Ants. She orders the soldier Ants to bring food. The crab-like soldier Ant hunts two children, and the Queen eats them. Finding the human species to be highly delicious and nutritious, she orders her soldiers to hunt more of them, as well as giving birth to the first humanoid Ant, Colt.
After hunting more humans, the Chimera Ants move to a rock formation more inland, and Chimera Ant populations grow faster than ever. This infestation catches the attention of Pokkle, a Hunter of Fantastic Beasts. With Ponzu, Balda, and Pekuba, the group enters NGL to investigate the Chimera Ants. Their group is attacked by the Ants on their journey, so they retreat to inform the Hunter Association. However, before they can do that, they are ambushed by Zazan's squad. Zazan takes Pokkle alive, but Ponzu manages to escape, only to be killed by one of Zazan's officers. Before this happened, she managed to use her bees to send a message to the nearest Hunter, which happened to be Kite, about the Chimera Ant infestation.
Kite, reading Ponzu's message, realizes that the Ant infestation was more severe than expected, ordering Podungo and Stick to return and notify the Hunter Association. He allows Gon and Killua to accompany him, though. They enter a village, and are confronted by Rammot. Kite orders Gon and Killua to fight him; to ensure that they were strong enough to handle other Ants. They use Nen, but the Ant still overwhelms them. After many clashes, Gon and Killua use their Hatsu abilities to defeat Rammot. Since Rammot was severely damaged, Colt comes—having watched from the shadows—to retrieve him. Heading forwards, the trio reach a D² factory, where they are attacked by Yunju's squadron. Kite, realizing the evil intent, tells Gon and Killua to kill them. Gon fights the Centipede and defeats him using Jajanken: Scissors, with Kite giving the fatal blow, Killua fights Mosquito and kills her, and Kite kills Yunju. Heading deeper into the Ant territory, the group is ambushed by Hagya's Squad. The squad demands one-on-one fights, to which Gon, Killua, and Kite agree to. Gon and Killua easily defeat their opponents. Frog is angered over the easy deaths of his comrades, but Kite uses Silent Waltz to kill all the Ants.
Meanwhile, in the nest, Rammot recovers from his injuries and learns to harness Nen. Peggy wishes to interrogate Pokkle, who was also able to use such abilities. Pokkle, having survived, hides in the heap of skulls. However, the newly-born Royal Guard, Neferpitou, appears and detects Pokkle. Pitou interrogates Pokkle, and learns about Nen types, creating Nen abilities to correspond with those types, and how to find Nen type. Pokkle is later turned to a human meatball for the Queen, whose appetite was growing to 250 meatballs per day as she prepared for the King's birth. Pitou leaves the nest, and attacks Gon, Kite, and Killua, managing to cut off Kite's arm. Gon is enraged, but Killua quickly knocks him out. Kite orders Killua to take Gon and flee.
The day where Gon seriously fights Knuckle; his penultimate battle comes. Knuckle shows his prowess and easily overpowers Gon. Back at Palm's place, while Gon rests, Killua trains with Biscuit. She chides Killua for always attempting to flee, and warns him that one day he would run and leave Gon to die. So, if he lost against Shoot, he would have to leave Gon.
The day when the duo fights against the assassins finally comes. Killua and Shoot leave to the nearby forest. Knuckle begins the battle by a head-on attack, but Gon is able to handle it. He wonders why he was able to, only to find a strange creature called "Potclean" on his arm with a number on its forehead. It adds "interest", which Knuckle explains to be 10% per 10 seconds. Knuckle goes on to explain about AOP (actual aura power) and MOP (maximum aura power), and how Gon's aura techniques consumed aura at a greater rate than usual (1 aura per second), only to confuse the boy. Ultimately, when Gon expended aura, he decreased his AOP, but the interest increased. To add to it, Knuckle explains that in about 4 and a half minutes, his aura would be "bankrupt", and the "Toritaten" would be attached to him for a month and he would not be able to use aura for those days.
As for Killua and Shoot, Shoot begins with Hotel Rafflesia, where three floating hands would attack Killua. Killua uses his yo-yos to deflect them, but Shoot attacks him at melee range. Killua begins to harbor thoughts of fleeing, as his brother instructed him to should he face an opponent stronger than himself. Killua notices that the spot where Shoot punched him was gone; the left side of his face. Shoot uses the created blind spot as an advantage and overwhelms Killua. Killua realizes that he wasn't actually fighting, and attacks Shoot head-on. At the border of NGL, the two duos arrive; Knuckle and Shoot were victorious. Knuckle promises Gon that they would save Kite. Gon weeps over being too weak, as does Killua. The latter swears to protect Gon for the 30 days he could not use Nen. However, after that, he would leave Gon's side.
Meanwhile, in NGL, Netero's group attack nearby Ants. Morel uses his smoke to confuse the Ants, and then Knov uses Hide and Seek to send him into his dimension. There, Netero slaughters them. Neferpitou is shown to have killed Kite, but keeps his body because he was "fun". During the mission, Knov bets that both teams would make it; Morel bets that his disciples would win. The two other Royal Guards, Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi, born. At the same time Gon and Killua were fighting Knuckle and Shoot, the Queen begins to give birth to the King prematurely. However, the King violently rips himself out of her. As the Squadron Leaders come, the King shows absolutely no regard for her or them, even killing Peggy and Turtle and cannibalizing them. The Royal Guards meet with their new leader and leave the nest; Pitou refusing to save the Queen. As the King searches for humans to eat, Colt approaches Knov and Morel for assistance. Most of the Squadron Leaders leave the nest as per their instincts. Netero assembles a surgeon squad to attempt to heal the Queen in the nest. The dying Queen tells the group present to tell the King that his name was Meruem, the light that illuminates on all, and dies. Colt finds the unborn twin. Morel assures Colt that he and the twin could live as long as they didn't hurt other humans. As this was going on, Meruem found a castle he liked in the Republic of East Gorteau.
During the 30 days that Gon cannot use Nen, he and Killua train, and Gon goes on a date with Palm. During the date, Killua secretly stalks them and fights Rammot, who happened to be nearby. Despite being unable to fight due to fear, Killua rips open his own forehead and pulls out a needle that was implanted by Illumi to make him fear an opponent and flee. He manages to kill Rammot. Knuckle and Morel, having returned from NGL, fight Cheetu and Knuckle uses Hakoware on the Ant, but Cheetu manages to flee. The NGL group and Gon and Killua unite at a castle, where it is revealed that they managed to recover Kite. However, Kite was in a wrecked state where he was being controlled by the enemy's Nen. He did not recognize Gon and pummeled him. Gon, being unable to stand Kite's state, swears to return him back to normal.
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