At the End of Everything

To buy time for Mizaistom’s investigation into dangerous, hidden forces manipulating the Hunter Association to lure out the “last set of Kurta Eyes”, Kurapika is appointed Hunter in-residence at the remote Solaris Basin Research Station. In addition to possessing some of the world’s most toxic flora and fauna, the basin is home to Lake Solaris, a seemingly sentient sea with mysterious powers. Within a day of arriving, Kurapika bears witness to a destructive event that nearly kills him, but his investigation into its cause is met with indifference by the two scientists on staff. Something within Lake Solaris has begun to stir, and its previously passive effects on the researchers takes a startling turn when visitors from the researchers' pasts begin appearing around the station.Back at headquarters, Mizaistom’s concern grows as Kurapika’s increasingly brief and harried updates taper off. After a vague, unsettling report concerning the death of the station’s medical doctor, he and Leorio decide to send Leorio to investigate and join up with Kurapika, before whatever's threatening the minds of the station's staff claims another victim.