Kurapika's Scarlet Eyes are torn out by an attacker wearing the face of Pairo, the childhood friend he lost when his clan was wiped out. Gon and Killua drop everything to help him get them back, and the trail leads to Omokage, a puppeteer who builds dolls out of people's memories and who once held a seat in the Phantom Troupe during the massacre of the Kurta. This light novel novelizes Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge, the franchise's first film, and sits outside the manga's main continuity.