Pitou calls forth Doctor Blythe. When Gon sees her, he thinks Pitou is going to heal Kite but then Doctor Blythe begins healing its broken arm, which confuses Gon but he's still hopeful Pitou will heal Kite once finished with its own arm. However, once healed, Pitou tells Gon it is going to kill him now. Gon finally comes to the realization that Pitou is not going to heal Kite and accuses Pitou of being a liar. All of his bottled up emotions are released in the form of dark aura,] which transforms him into an older, taller, and more muscular version of himself. He demands to fight Pitou outside, to which Pitou complies. Pitou uses Terpsichora to its fullest extent to try to match Gon, but the strengthened Gon easily pulverizes it, and kills it. Killua arrives, shocked at the immense power Gon was harnessing. Due to its extreme loyalty to the King, Pitou's body is manipulated by Terpsichora past death and rips off Gon's arm. Gon simply uses the arm to pin Pitou and uses a giant Jajanken to destroy the body, and the surrounding forest.
Simultaneously, Meruem is in the palace. Pouf realizes that Meruem can regain memories through images and words. Youpi goes to search for Pitou. The name Neferpitou causes Meruem to remember that he asked it to do him a favor. Meruem orders Youpi to bring Pitou at once, while he goes to hunt down the intruders himself. Pouf attempts to dissuade him; not only does this fail, it arouses Meruem's suspicions. Meruem uses En to search the area for the enemies; the En leaves all those nearby in shock. He finds Knuckle and Meleoron in an instant and knocks them out before they know it. As Meruem is about to hunt down Ikalgo and Palm, Pouf challenges him to a contest in an attempt to prevent him from discovering Komugi. The contest is to see whether Pouf and Youpi could find Pitou before Meruem could find the other two intruders. Meruem may only use his En once, and if he loses, Pouf may hide the secret he has, but if he wins, Pouf must reveal it. Accepting the challenge, both parties race off.
Palm and Ikalgo meet up with Welfin and an unconscious Bloster, inside of Bizeff's place. Ikalgo orders Welfin to act as an intermediary between them and the King, and offer Komugi in exchange for Knuckle and Meleoron, to which Welfin reluctantly agrees. Ikalgo reveals that he knew Welfin's past as a human, and that he was a friend of Welfin (Zaiqahal) in their human life, and reminds him that the Ants were enemies of NGL. Welfin drives out and meets Youpi, with whom he shares the bargain. Youpi agrees to tell the King but in actuality plans on telling only Pouf. Youpi returns, only to be threatened by Welfin to reveal his human memories. Before he can respond, he suddenly bleeds and dies. Meruem demands to know Pouf's secret. Palm and Ikalgo debrief on the facts, theorizing that the Royal Guards were split on protecting or killing Komugi. Palm deduces that hiding Komugi would prevent the King from finding her. Meruem and Pouf begin to bleed as Youpi did.
It is revealed that this is because of the Rose's trump card: a poison. Curious about the secret Pouf was hiding, Meruem uses En one last time and spots Welfin and immediately teleports to him. He asks Welfin if he killed Youpi, and Welfin denies this, stating that Youpi had begun to cough up blood and died. Pouf insists on killing Welfin, but Meruem continues the interrogation, stating that he could sense Welfin's hostility to him (as a result of inheriting Pouf's Spiritual Message). Pouf interrupts Meruem to reveal that Welfin knew the secret he was hiding. Meruem is enraged by this, releasing murderous aura. Welfin, seeing this aura, ages 100 years due to fear and utters the name Komugi as a reflexive action. Meruem regains all his memories about Komugi and Gungi, which leaves Pouf shattered. Pouf later dies due to the poison.
Meruem finds Palm and asks her where Komugi is. He reveals he knows his fate, and admits defeat to humanity. Palm, now partly Chimera Ant, reveals the location under the condition that she can watch him. Meruem finds Komugi, and they share their final moments together playing Gungi. Komugi is adamant about staying with Meruem despite the fact that the poison will spread to her body by doing so. Meruem finally passes away in Komugi's arms, having never been able to defeat her even once, and she follows thereafter.
With the defeat of the Chimera Ants, NGL and East Gorteau are taken over by international peacekeepers. The five million citizens of the countries are declared refugees, and the wealth of East Gorteau is spread among the three remaining nations of the Mitene Union. NGL was turned into a nature reserve, jurisdiction of the Hunter Association.
Welfin and Bloster part ways as Welfin is going to seek Gyro, and believes he's headed for Meteor City. Welfin, Hina, and Bizeff head off, while Bloster and Shidore head to a village. The villagers are at first afraid of the two, but Bloster reveals he wasn't there to kill anyone. Shidore meets Haruna, and reveals that she was Reina in her previous life, Haruna's daughter that was eaten by the Ant at the beginning of the infestation. Haruna is overjoyed, and Bloster stays with her in the village.
Gon is on life support at the hospital following his transformation, in an extremely gruesome state. Knov offers to have specialists come in to take care of Gon, as well as expert doctors. Killua agrees to this, but reveals that he would help Gon his own way and leaves. Morel receives a phone call from Colt, who reveals that the King's twin sister has demanded to be called Kite, which surprises Morel.
In the Hunter Association building, 12 people known as the Zodiacs appear, following Netero's pre-recorded instructions to decide the next chairman of the association via an election.
Rating: 10/10
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