Cheadle phones Leorio a Zodiac seat and a place in her medical program; he accepts and points her at the second vacancy. Ging dissects Pariston's motives to his face — a man who is happiest hated, wanting to harm what he loves — and declares himself the team's new No. 2. Mizaistom finds Kurapika, pins three thugs with his Cross Game cards while he waits, and lands the recruit with a photograph: the man holding the Kurta's Scarlet Eyes is Kakin's Fourth Prince, Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou.
- DecisionCanonicalCheadle recruits Leorio to the Zodiacs
Cheadle phones Leorio and offers him a Zodiac seat, sweetening it with a place in her own medical program for the voyage. Leorio accepts — and immediately asks whether the second vacant chair is still open, because he has someone in mind.
InvolvedCheadle Yorkshire · Leorio Paradinight▸Consequences (2)
- Leorio fills Kanzai's flank as the new Boar
- Kurapika's recruitment is set in motion by his friend
- AllianceCanonicalMizaistom offers Kurapika the Rat's seat — and Tserriednich
Mizaistom tracks Kurapika down and invites him to the Zodiacs at Leorio's recommendation. Kurapika refuses until Mizaistom names the price of joining: the Association knows who holds the largest collection of Scarlet Eyes — Kakin's Fourth Prince, Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou. Kurapika joins.
InvolvedMizaistom Nana · Kurapika · Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou▸Consequences (2)
- Kurapika becomes the Rat — for the eyes, not the voyage
- His collision course with the Fourth Prince is fixed years before boarding
- Leorio joins the Zodiacs as the Boar at Cheadle's invitation
- Kurapika joins the Zodiacs as the Rat — recruited by Mizaistom at Leorio's recommendation
- The Fourth Prince of Kakin owns the largest known collection of Scarlet Eyes
- Mizaistom's Nen ability Cross Game restrains targets with colored penalty cards
- Cross Game: Mizaistom's card-based restraint ability, shown in passing
- Kurapika's hunt for the eyes now runs through the Kakin royal family
