Ging skips the brawl and buys the No. 2 seat instead, offering every team member double Beyond's pay upfront. Gon discovers he can no longer use Nen. Ging briefs the team on the Five Threats — all worse than the Chimera Ants, containment the only answer — and on the secret Netero–Zigg–Linne expedition, then drops the real bomb: 'Journey to the New World' is still being written, and its author is Don Freecss.
- DecisionCanonicalGing buys the No. 2 seat
Rather than fight Beyond's followers, Ging offers to double whatever Beyond paid each of them, upfront, in exchange for the No. 2 position Pariston holds. The team splits over the money — and Ging coolly identifies them all as expert Temp Hunters, about 25 of the Association's 200.
InvolvedGing Freecss · Pariston Hill▸Consequences (2)
- Ging supplants Pariston as nominal No. 2 of Beyond's team
- Pariston privately admits Ging is the first person he has ever hated
- DiscoveryCanonicalGon cannot use Nen
Trying to activate his aura, Gon finds nothing answers. Ging later frames it as a return to 'normal' — the price of the contract that gave Gon impossible power against Neferpitou — and tells him to be thankful that was all it cost.
InvolvedGon Freecss▸Consequences (1)
- Gon is written out of the coming voyage's power game
- DiscoveryCanonicalGing briefs the team on the Five Threats
Ging details the five calamities humanity dragged home from the Dark Continent — Brion, Ai, Hellbell, Pap, and the Zobae immortality disease — all deadlier than the Chimera Ants, with containment the only countermeasure. He caps it with a bombshell: the legendary guidebook 'Journey to the New World' is still being written, and its author is Don Freecss.
InvolvedGing Freecss▸Consequences (2)
- Beyond's preference for unexplored routes implies a possible sixth threat
- The Freecss name is stitched into the Dark Continent's deep history
- ConversationCanonicalLeorio reconnects Kurapika to the group
On the drive to Association headquarters, Kurapika takes Leorio's call. Leorio assures him Gon is fine, asks for an e-mail address Kurapika still refuses to give, and tells him his talents are more useful with the Zodiacs.
InvolvedLeorio Paradinight · Kurapika - DiscoveryCanonicalKurapika faces the last collector
At the memorial holding the Scarlet Eyes he has recovered, Kurapika studies Tserriednich's photograph and counts the cost of every retrieval. The Fourth Prince is the last collector with the last group of eyes — including Pairo's — leaving Kurapika to wonder what remains when the journey ends and there is no home to return to.
InvolvedKurapika · Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou▸Consequences (1)
- Tserriednich becomes the final target of Kurapika's recovery mission
- Gon has lost the ability to use Nen
- Beyond's earlier trip brought back the Zobae Disease by going off-route
- Don Freecss authored 'Journey to the New World' 300 years ago — and may still be writing its West edition
- Ging supplants Pariston as Beyond's nominal No. 2 by paying for it
- An unexplored route risks importing a sixth threat
