When high school student Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a Shinigami death god, he discovers that any person whose name is written in it dies, so Light decides to use the notebook to rid the world of evil.

The fourth exam rages on as the Hunter hopefuls try to gain points by stealing each other's badges. Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio face different obstacles in order to complete the exam.

Gon and Killua study the ways of Nen with master Wing at Heavens Arena. When Gon finally masters the use of Nen, he also passes the final portion of the Hunter Exam and Hisoka finally accepts his challenge.

In a fictional nineteenth-century England, Allen is an Exorcist seeking "Innocence," a substance that can kill akuma demons. Now he is questioning his mission because his left eye is injured leaving him unable to detect akuma. Still he is sent to seek his master, Cross, to discover why the akuma are targeting leaders of the Black Ministry.