Hunter Queen: Killer Queen

Hisoka was finally taken away by the king's army.

But if you just ask, it shouldn't take long to put him back, and if you do this, it will indeed be more reassuring as Slaka said.

At least after being taken away by the king's army, Hisoka would not be a breakthrough for others to interfere in the Twelve Princes' House.

However, this will also expose a problem, that is, once the sudden disappearance is recognized by the King's Army, it will be difficult not to make people suspect that there is an unknown force on the ship.

And even if he doesn't admit it, the spies in the king's army will pass back Hisoka's information.

By then, the upper princes will most likely devote all their efforts to exploring the existence of telekinesis abilities.

Among them, the most worrying one is still the fourth prince.

But as long as the telekinesis ability is not clearly mentioned, presumably there will still be some room for maneuver for the hunters around the fourth prince to react.

Just thinking about the fourth prince's mind beast, Joey felt that things were not that simple.

In general, Hisoka's appearance means that there is another force on the ship.

And this power is likely to be the key to victory in this succession war.

Joey had already thought of this when Kurapika returned.

But the crux of the matter is that there is no way to crack it.

Hisoka's appearance was completely unexpected. At the same time, there was no way to solve this problem. Another point was the second princess's subordinate, Slaka, who returned with him.

Slaka is a telepathic person!

And unlike the previous First Prince's private soldier Bicott, he did not use circles for exploration.

On the contrary, as he approached the room, Slaka showed that he was an esper, and his circle invaded the room of the Twelve Princes without any scruples.

Although Slaka's circle is not enough to cover the entire room, and it cannot even be called excellent, as long as it expresses the intention of exploring, Hisoka cannot hide!

Things suddenly became more troublesome.

Joey's idea, or rather the feeling that emerged in Joey's heart when he saw Hisoka, was indeed correct, Hisoka was a big trouble!

There were two people sent by the third prince. They were not only to monitor the twelfth prince, but they were also the ones who would learn to read.

This is a deal between Kurapika and the third prince. Only by teaching the guards the ability to read, and after making sure that the ability is not dangerous, will the third prince learn to read.

But before that, the third prince and the twelfth prince were in a state of truce.

As for forming an alliance, that was just a nice way of saying it. Even if the third prince didn't have anyone with abilities around him, he didn't feel that his status was the same as that of the twelfth prince.

This can actually be understood from the fact that the twelve princes were suppressed throughout the entire exchange.

When the Twelve Princes returned to the room to change clothes, Joey noticed that the mind beast behind the Twelve Princes had changed again, but this time it no longer became smaller, but something like a kangaroo bag was born in the abdomen. .

When he saw that thing, Joey's first feeling was that there must be something good hidden in that pocket.

Joey just glanced at it, and he couldn't forget the pocket in his mind.

After a long time, Joey looked away, feeling in his heart that he had a very special ability.

At the same time, Joey was also looking forward to the follow-up performance of the Nian Beast, but before that, he had to conduct a certain degree of special training for the Twelve Princes and activate Nian for them.

Kurapika took the initiative to take over this task. Compared to the possible risks caused by Joey's rough method of opening telekinesis, Kurapika's way of opening telekinesis abilities for others was gentler and risk-free.

But throughout the whole process, Slaka and others had to be avoided.

This is not difficult, because it is an alliance, so the guards of the third prince, Sakata and Hasto, did not get too close to the two, but just observed the two from a distance.

As for Slaka, he also didn't get too close.

So Kurapika and Joey had an opportunity to communicate. As for enlightening the prince, it would be after the exchange. It would be more convenient and hidden for Kurapika to face the prince alone.

As for the method of reading to the prince, Joey did not ask about the specific operation method, because it would involve Kurapika's ability.

"Huan broke free and killed the other three. I cleaned up the scene and communicated with Juan. He was recruited by the seventh princess, but he also had a lot of Cajin's secrets in his hands. To be more specific, You need to communicate with him. What I am sure of is that he cannot escape from this room."

Joey also had limited knowledge of Hisoka's identity, but then he added: "His ability is a clone, which I didn't consider before, and it gave him an opportunity to take advantage of."

Kurapika opened his mouth to say something but Joey stopped him for a moment, then nodded.

"In other words, in your judgment, you cannot defeat him in a short time? So, he is very strong. But how do you make sure that he is trustworthy?"

Kurapika still knew Joey, and he even knew that Joey had always had some opinions about his approach of leaving a few people behind.

So once someone chooses to resist, when he is not in the room, Kurapika can imagine that Joey's reaction is to take the opportunity to kill everyone.

Although he knew this and wanted to stop it, he and Joey were the only ones protecting the twelfth prince.

If there is a gap between the two, it will be difficult for both of them in their next actions.

Because Kurapika has a clear position for Joey, Joey's goal is to go to the Dark Continent. In the process, the prince's life and death will be secondary in his consideration.

In other words, once there is a disagreement between the two parties, the twelfth prince is likely to be in danger if Joey does not contribute.

Kurapika can't abandon the Twelve Princes, but Joey can.

Once the Twelve Prince dies, he and Joey have two choices, either follow the king's army to leave the first floor, or join the Thirteenth Prince's guard.

But the Thirteenth Prince does not have a mind beast, which is a natural weakness.

No, is this also part of Joey's calculation? In other words, he had the initiative from the beginning, but it just didn't work!

Kurapika suddenly reacted.

Layout capabilities! Kurapika was wary. He seemed not wary enough about Joey, otherwise he wouldn't have thought about this now.

Is it the relationship between Killua and Gon? Kurapika reflected in his mind, and at the same time sorted out all of Joey's actions in his mind.

"Well, he's very strong." Joey didn't know what Kurapika was thinking. He nodded slightly in agreement with Kurapika's statement.

Hisoka is very strong, that's for sure. Even if he can't use his two best abilities, Joey doesn't think Hisoka will be weak.

In particular, the handkerchief will provide him with new abilities. Joey is also looking forward to what effect the clone will have in Hisoka's hands.

When it comes to using [Ming] Skin, Joey has always been superficial, because he has better abilities to develop.

At the same time, Ming's ability is not completely his, and he still has some concerns about using it.

But now Hisoka can only use the ability of the materialization system, so being able to achieve such an effect will also be an inspiration to Joey.

And speaking of it, Joey also has some selfish motives.

Although the relationship between him and Hisoka could not be called friends, they were not in a state where they needed to attack each other, so he had the idea of ​​taking Hisoka to the Dark Continent to help him solve the [gold and silver ingot] problem.

When it comes to fighting against gold and silver ingots, Joey's idea is that the more powerful foreign aid the better.

After all, in a battle between ability users, it is difficult for a single person to take care of everything. The effect that a combination of two people can achieve is definitely 1+1 greater than 2.

At least Joey felt that he had a pretty good eye for selecting "teammates."

Hisoka, Ilmi, and Jaeger are all strong men. The only problem is that these strong men have certain dangers or abnormal attributes.

Kurapika rubbed his forehead: "Before, I always thought that you didn't seem to be a user of the release type, but now I feel that you are indeed a release type."

"Huh? Why do I think there is something in what you said?" Joey looked at the serious Kurapika: "And you can't judge personality by personality. That's just a fallacy."

"If what you said is true, it proves that you have hidden something from me. There is a problem with Juan's identity, and it is not a problem that should be known to me." Kurapika tentatively put forward an explanation.

It was obvious that his previous remarks about his character were all just tricks used for the sake of clichés.

Joey was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Kurapika would be waiting for him here, which made him feel cold sweat on his back: "If this is the case, you can trust him without any doubts about his specific identity. Investigate further?"

Joey took advantage of the opportunity to speak out his proposal directly, which was also a disguised admission that Kurapika's guess was correct.

Juan had another identity, one that was not suitable for Kurapika to know.

The choice is now in Kurapika's hands. Does he want to continue investigating?

This is a test of trust! Joey's expression was sincere: "I can be sure that he will not threaten you, and will even cooperate with you and me throughout the process."

Kurapika looked at Joey seriously: "Okay, but I need another guarantee from you."

"What guarantee?" Joey frowned.

"I guarantee that that person's identity has nothing to do with the Phantom Troupe." Kurapika's eyes became sharp, and he said the name that he hated word by word.

In Kurapika's judgment, there was a problem with the other party's identity and he could not investigate it clearly, so the only possibility he could think of was that the other party was related to the Phantom Troupe.

As for the basis for making this judgment, when he entrusted Joey with the task of approaching the Fourth Prince, he did not hide the matter of the Red Eyes and the Phantom Troupe.

And if Joey can make a judgment, once he knows the identity of that person, he will have the idea of ​​​​changing the mission, and then he can only have something to do with the brigade.

Joey felt slightly relieved because he could guarantee that Hisoka had nothing to do with the Phantom Troupe, and that the Phantom Troupe would want to tear Hisoka apart!

But the other half is also because Kurapika is close to Zhenwan.

He is so smart and so difficult to deal with!

His extreme calmness allows Kurapika to quickly analyze the loopholes in any situation he faces.

And since he has noticed that Juan is related to the brigade, further speculation can also be formed in Kurapika's mind, that is, the brigade has boarded the ship.

But even so, Kurapika can still act very calm.

From this point of view, he had underestimated Kurapika before.

So Joey's answer was very definite: "Yes."

But from this exchange, Joey also understood one thing. When talking to a smart person like Kurapika, one thing must be certain, that is, the more you say, the more mistakes will be made. Maybe your ridicule or unintentional remarks will be all wrong. It can become the basis for the other party’s reasoning.

"Your answer makes me even more curious about his identity." Kurapika smiled slightly: "By the way, I heard from Yonezai that before you exchanged the corpses of two members of the Phantom Troupe for bounties. How did you do it? Arrived?"

Kurapika was a little curious. After he heard about this from Miya, he became curious and fond of Joey.

And when he asked this, he also meant to ask about Joey's attitude.

Is he a completely opposite hawk, or is he a neutral and conservative moderate, or is he a type of person who has free opinions regardless of right or wrong.

"I just took advantage of him. The one who really did it was Hisoka. You should know him." Joey did not hide or avoid this.

Because he had already told Milton the specific situation at that time, and he also knew that Kurapika must also understand this, so his question of pretending to be confused clearly had another purpose.

And Joey's answer was very simple, it had nothing to do with me, it was Hisoka who did it. The two sentences together mean, it has nothing to do with me, I am not involved.

"Hisoka? It seems that his original wish has come true." Kurapika showed an envious expression, but Joey's answer also made him sure of one thing.

That is, Joey and Gon are not the same person, but they are more inclined to Killua.

No wonder Killua recommended Joey to him and made it clear during the recommendation that Joey was very thoughtful.

Now Kurapika somewhat understands what Killua said.

Joey didn't know whether Kurapika was envious of Hisoka for fulfilling his wish, or whether he was envious of Hisoka for being able to kill two members of the brigade, so he didn't answer the question.

"It's just that no matter how many of the spider's legs are cut off, as long as it is not killed all at once, it will grow new legs again."

"There are also some spiders that are lame if their legs fall off." Joey comforted.

And his words actually illustrate the current situation of the brigade. The knight who lost one of the brains of the brigade, this spider can indeed be regarded as lame.

"I hope so." Kurapika said noncommittally.

"There is another thing. In the case that Juan's appearance may let the princes know about Nian in advance, the entire succession war must become stalemate, the existence of Nian ability should be announced, and teaching should be carried out on this condition, so that all parties can learn about Nian. There is a slight balance of power among the princes, what do you think?"

Kurapika proposed a new proposition.

"You shouldn't ask me about this. Instead, you should inform the third prince's guards. And it's not easy to announce the recitation."

Joey gave his explanation, which meant that Kurapika could make his own decision and he would be responsible for assisting.

Kurapika nodded, he really needed an opportunity to announce his thoughts.

So what is this timing?

Kurapika thought of the explosion scene he had seen outside the third prince's house. When the third prince made it clear that there was no bomb in the hands of the guards, the explosion must have been caused by a person with telekinesis.

If the explosion could occur near the twelfth prince's chamber, then he could use the public channel to announce his thoughts without being suspected.

Of course, he can also directly choose to share intelligence and use public channels to announce the existence of Nian.

But the risk of a call would be just as great, and they might even be suspected of being harmful to the princes.

It is especially difficult to explain to the third prince. If he reaches an agreement with the third prince first and then announces it later, the most likely way for the third prince is to withdraw the guards and completely declare war with the twelfth prince.

Although he is not afraid, the effect of this is not to make the succession war stalemate, but to speed up the process of the succession war.

Moreover, this kind of back-tracking will also make the princes fearful of them, and even make them act in isolation.

Once that happens, things will be difficult to handle.

Joey glanced at his watch. It had only been four hours since the B.W set sail, but a lot of things had already happened on the entire ship.

However, it should also enter a calm period from now on.

For those who don’t know when the first prince will arrive, it should be soon!

A few minutes later, after Kurapika finished congratulating the twelfth prince in silence, the call from the first prince's office came to the twelfth prince's office.

The caller this time was no longer the ordinary guard like before, but Balusamilko, the captain of the First Prince's private army.

His notice was also very simple. He told the people in the Twelfth Prince's Room that the guards of the First Prince would arrive at the Twelfth Prince's Room in an hour.

But from this news, what Joey heard was more of a provocation.

It was as if he was announcing to them that if he had the means, the people sent by the First Prince would be eliminated in the corridor again in an hour.

Joey didn't know what kind of information Babi Mayina had, but Joey felt that there was a high probability that this was a trick played by the first prince to lure out the person who made the move.

It's just that he is destined not to participate in this round.

It's not that he doesn't want to continue eating the first prince, but it's not necessary.