Chapter 340

"If someone claiming to be my son ever comes out, watch this with all the Zodiacs."

- Isaac Netero

Special Mission (特命, Tokumei) is the 340th chapter of the Hunter × Hunter manga, written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi.

Synopsis
Beans comes inside a room shouting about a big emergency. Cheadle is about to make a big announcement. The Zodiac Twelve guesses that she will quit as the chairman. Cheadle assures them, and she lets Beans talk. He shows a video in which the Kakin's king, Hoicoro, tells something about "putting all of humanities' dreams on their back". He declares the voyage to the Dark Continent starts in Kakin.

The Zodiac Twelve is surprised, except Kanzai who is clueless about the Dark Continent and Hoicoro. Geru explains that the Dark Continent is a place that can't be found in the world map. It is where other human beings thrive and other magical beasts. Mizaistom adds that if every time humans try to go there, disaster will come. 200 years ago, nations made an agreement not to go there. As the Zodiac Twelve continues to discuss, Beans interrupts them with a more serious problem. The video shows Hoicoro as he introduces a person that no one can match, Isaac Netero, the previous chairman of the Hunters Association. The person happens to be Isaac Netero's son, Beyond Netero.

The Zodiac Twelve is surprised once again, not knowing that Netero had a son. Geru suggests for them to find out if it's true or not. Beyond starts to have a speech, and Saiyu comments that there is no need to confirm it. He really is Chairman Netero's son. Beyond promises that he will take care of everything. Everyone will have an equal opportunity. He encourages everyone to come to Kakin, which he identifies as the "new world".

Everyone in the room is shaking as the video ended. Beans lets them know that there are 2 DVDs that the Chairman Netero left. All members of the Zodiac Twelve must watch this, but Ging and Pariston are currently not there. And also, Ging doesn't even answer any phone calls. Cheadle then makes an announcement.

Meanwhile, people of all the world are ready to follow Beyond Netero, who decides to ignore the prohibitions of the 5 major countries about exploring the Dark Continent and makes a speech with 10 important followers, with Pariston among them, saying that he is willing to see a land that nobody has ever seen. Cheadle tells the members they don't need to wait for Ging and Pariston to see the DVD, saying that they resigned as members of the Zodiacs and say also that the 5 major countries have already gave them a special assignment: To hunt Beyond Netero.