Funeral Butterfly X Fierce Slaughter

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Kurapika and Pairo sat in a luxurious private dining room.

This is a dedicated restaurant on the first floor, practically the most upscale restaurant on the entire ship.

Several hours had passed since they set sail.

"Uncle seems to really dislike the Fourth Prince."

Kurapika casually remarked as he ate his steak.

Pairo nodded slightly.

"After all, Uncle can distinguish between good and evil. Based on what we've found about the Fourth Prince's behavior, there's no doubt he's a villain with a long list of evil deeds."

After finishing his steak, Kurapika leaned back in his chair and said with a hint of helplessness, "If I had known the Succession War would have such a wide-ranging impact, I should have placed people around the Prince before boarding the ship."

Although they boarded the B·W this time, they also knew about the Succession War.

But I never intended to get involved.

There isn't much information available about the Succession War outside the capital; all that's known is that it's a fierce competition and struggle between Prince.

Because the competition was for the throne, each fight was extremely bloody.

It's hard to say how effective this kind of "breeding poison" succession is, but it certainly ensures that the Kakin Kingdom rarely has a tyrannical ruler.

I've also considered that it might be a Succession Ceremony.

Unexpectedly, the Succession Ceremony almost completely enveloped the ship, and given the scale of it, Kevin and the others were very likely to be affected.

Coupled with the Fourth Prince's undisguised malice, they were forced to understand the situation of the Succession War.

"According to my investigation, the large number of Nen user in this year's Hunter Exam is due to the fact that the future Princess Consort are recruiting guards for the Prince."

This means that the Prince who had risen to power had begun making their plans long ago.

After all, apart from the First Prince Prince, the other Prince didn't really have much power.

As the First Prince, who held the greatest advantage, he directly controlled a certain amount of military power.

The First Prince, who holds military power, can freely dispatch his private troops to serve as guards for other Prince.

Therefore, the other Prince valued their private armies highly and also wanted to use the Hunter x Hunter's channels to place their own men around the other Prince.

This makes it easier to obtain information or eliminate your competitors.

However, the Hunter Association seems to have noticed this situation and has begun screening these individuals.

Basically, all people like that were eliminated.

This resulted in the lower-ranking Prince being surrounded by guards who were almost all Hunter x Hunter from the Hunter Association.

"Forget it, why bother with all that? Our primary objective is to get rid of this Fourth Prince."

"After all, we both know that the Fourth Prince is one of the strongest contenders, and if he were to become King, it wouldn't be good for us."

Kurapika felt absolutely no guilt about killing the Prince.

"It's flown there."

"I'm talking, "Pairo suddenly said, then closed his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Kurapika immediately stood up and leaned against the door.

In the ventilation duct.

Several Butterfly with eye patterns on their wings fluttered here; they were Pairo's Funeral Butterfly.

To deal with the Fourth Prince, one must first understand the current situation of the Succession War.

After all, every Prince has a limited range of movement.

Unless they are guards or private soldiers, it is very difficult for others to get close to the area where the Prince are located.

First, there's the Fourteenth Prince.

Pairo saw the Princess Consort and the Prince in the stroller in his residential area.

Several guards in black uniforms surrounded the area.

Because they were Hunter x Hunter, these guards were all Nen user.

"A corpse?"

He actually saw a large number of corpses.

There seems to be some commotion at the Fourteenth Prince's residence; no wonder the security personnel have all arrived.

Pairo left one Butterfly there to observe the situation, while the Butterfly continued onward.

The Thirteenth Prince.

A child, and the person next to him is probably his mother.

Then, Pairo saw a huge, sitting monster that looked like Dragon Beast.

Seemingly sensing the Butterfly's presence, it glanced at Butterfly, but did not attack; it simply watched.

Were we discovered?

No, these Nen Beast don't seem to be under the Prince's control.

Through the Butterfly, Pairo could clearly see that the Thirteenth Prince was still a child and did not have Nen ability.

Some guards were present, while others were not.

None of them look strong, but this Nen Beast is very strong.

And so they stayed by each other's side.

So, were these Nen Beast Succession Ceremony gift to the Prince?

Then came the Twelfth Prince.

A beautiful boudoir, and—a murder.

Pairo frowned.

Is the Succession War really that intense?

A large number of people died on the Fourteenth Prince's side, while the Twelfth Prince's side was almost empty, with the Twelfth Prince currently sleeping in bed.

A private soldier is preparing to commit murder.

Seeing this, Pairo thought for a moment, then controlled the Butterfly to fly downwards.

The Butterfly, which had been faintly visible, flew up to the other person and suddenly became visible.

"Oh, Butterfly?"

The private soldier paused for a moment.

Why are there Butterfly here?

He didn't immediately realize what was happening and thought it was Butterfly kept by the Twelfth Prince that had flown out.

Watching this strange Butterfly fly by inexplicably, it suddenly vanished in a Butterfly.

He silently shook his head.

Refocus attention on the Twelfth Prince is fast asleep in bed.

"I'm sorry, Prince Highness."

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed the other person's neck.

It feels so soft, what a pity.

Feeling the texture in his hand, the private soldier sighed slightly, showing no intention of holding back.

He pinched the other person's neck even harder.

Only after the other person's body stiffened and he was certain that the other person was completely still did the private soldier get off the bed and begin to clean up the marks on the bed.

"It's simpler than I thought. Your mother is definitely too biased."

If the other party's mother hadn't transferred all the guards to the Thirteenth Prince's side, it wouldn't have been so easy to succeed.

However, at that moment...

A scream shattered the silence.

"Aaaaaah!"

What happened?

The private soldier was stunned. He saw the Prince, who had appeared dead, shift his position, then sit up as if nothing had happened, and stare at him with a scream.

I didn't kill her?

It was too late to think about anything now, because the Prince's scream had drawn the attention of the other private soldiers outside, who rushed over immediately.

They all looked at the Twelfth Prince sitting on the bed.

Then he looked at the bewildered private soldiers.

What an idiot! He didn't even kill the other person, and he even woke them up.

The five soldiers who rushed in were filled with resentment.

The six guards who remained by the Twelfth Prince's side were all people planted by other Princess Consort, and they certainly wouldn't let the opportunity to kill the Twelfth Prince pass them by.

Therefore, the fact that the other party can act steadily is the result of their tacit understanding.

It's unbelievable that they can't even do something like this right; it's so stupid it's Dharma Image.

The other Butterfly continued to fly, observing the situation of each Prince.

Just as they were about to fly to the Fourth Prince's room, a giant woman's head suddenly appeared in the ventilation duct and devoured the Butterfly.

"Ah!"

In the restaurant.

Suddenly, Pairo had his eyes closed, screamed and fell to his knees, blood streaming from his eyes.

"What's wrong? Did someone find your Butterfly?"

Kurapika rushed over and helped Pairo up from the ground.

Pairo kept his eyes tightly closed and took a while to catch his breath before recovering.

"Yes, a Butterfly was eaten by the Nen Beast."

As he spoke, he opened one eye, while the other eye continued to flow with tears of blood.

This is a necessary price to pay.

While Pairo can materialize Funeral Butterfly, if one of the Funeral Butterfly is injured, one of Pairo's eyes will become painful and unusable.

Whether it's the left or right eye depends on which side the Butterfly belongs to.

The more Butterfly that die, the more pain they suffer.

If more than three Butterfly die at the same time, and they all belong to the same eye.

Then the eyes will suffer irreversible damage if more than five eyes are affected.

Then they would go blind on the spot.

However, the severe damage to his own eyes will not affect the Butterfly; the Butterfly can still materialize, and their total number will not disappear.

Pairo sat back down in the chair and took a while to recover before opening his other eye, which was now bloodshot.

"I saw all the other Prince except the Fourth Prince, but none of Prince Nen Beast attacked; only the Fourth Prince's Nen Beast initiated the attack."

This should be because each Prince's Nen Beast has a different nature.

Nen Beast are a very large branch within the entire Nen ability system.

This results in a wide variety of subcategories for the Nen Beast.

"It seems the Fourth Prince hates being spied on, which is why his Nen Beast retaliated just because he was being spied on."

However, the situation has become somewhat complicated.

The other Prince could all be observed, but the Fourth Prince, their target, could not be monitored using this method.

"There's only one way now: find his personal guards and steal their vision, or wait until the next banquet to steal the Fourth Prince's vision directly."

This is the simplest method.

Then Pairo told Kurapika about the information he had just seen.

After listening to Pairo's story, Kurapika couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

"It's really bloody, and they're so impatient. It's not even the first day yet, and someone's already started making a move."

The entire voyage will take more than two months.

They took action on the very first day, and if it weren't for Pairo's unexpected interference, they might have actually succeeded.

The level of gore exceeded their expectations.

"What should we do now? We can't get any information about the Fourth Prince's room, and we can't directly participate in the Succession War."

Pairo leaned back in his chair and said with a hint of helplessness.

The only way now is to wait until the next banquet and make eye contact with that Prince.

Then, while in Fiery Red Eye mode, steal the opponent's vision, as well as the vision of their guards.

By altering reality, they forcibly eliminated their opponent.

The only drawback of this method is that it might require activating the Fiery Red Eye state, which would reduce some of your lifespan.

Given that the Fourth Prince is just an ordinary person, this method is highly feasible.

Kill directly by modifying reality.

If the opponent is Nen user, the chances of failure are quite high, and the losses will be significant.

However, if the opponent is just an ordinary person, this move is relatively simple.

Actually, he would have done this before when he was scouting with the Funeral Butterfly if the conditions were right.

"Using other Prince to do the dirty work, after all, they are currently engaged in a bloody battle."

"I can't speak for the other Prince, but at least the conflict between the First Prince and him is public knowledge, and the First Prince will definitely try every means to get rid of him."

After thinking for a moment, Kurapika suggested a feasible solution.

While they were discussing how to get rid of the Fourth Prince...

Inside the Fourth Prince's room at this time.

The Fourth Prince sat on the sofa with a gloomy expression.

His face had been pale ever since he returned from the banquet.

The humiliation he suffered at Kevin was something he couldn't let go of.

He had never been insulted like this before.

Standing behind him were his private guards.

A woman who looked very capable was named Tada.

Tada watched as the Prince's face darkened, as if he were venting his anger.

That gloomy expression seemed to make the other party's guardian Nen Beast also become impatient, stretching out its nauseating head and waving it around the room.

"What's with that guy's aura? I was actually intimidated by his eyes, damn it!"

As the fourth Prince, he wasn't actually that angry about Kevin's offense. What really angered him was Kevin's gaze and his imposing manner, which instilled fear in him. If he hadn't been mentally strong enough, he would have knelt down on the spot.

So what angered him wasn't Kevin's behavior, but rather his own weak and shameful state.

"What exactly is that aura?!"

He gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.

As the Fourth Prince and one of the strongest contenders for the throne, he was by no means a fool; he had received a rigorous higher education.

They have their own ideas and are flexible in their thinking.

That kind of aura is definitely something substantial, not just a simple temperament, and definitely not something mysterious or esoteric.

So what is that thing?

"Little Tada!"

He suddenly called out to his guards.

Tada, standing behind him, immediately nodded in response.

"Yes."

"Is there some kind of strange power in this world? Hmm?"

Hearing this question...

Tada opened his mouth, trying to figure out how to answer.

She was also Nen user, and although she didn't follow the Prince into the banquet hall, she could roughly guess what he was thinking based on his demeanor after he came out.

Prince Ke Yan clashed with a powerful Nian Yan in the Banquet Hall, and was provoked by the other party's overwhelming aura.

The reason she's always by his side is because she's afraid the Prince might suddenly Initiation due to some kind of stimulation.

This is very likely.

Just then, warnings came through the communication channel from others.

The pear when the warning sound disappeared.

Tada, who was being stared at intently by the Nen Beast, was completely speechless.

Because the warnings were for people who had suddenly disappeared, as well as Nen Beast and the like.

The precise terminology used in those words clearly indicated that it wasn't something fantastical.

Seeing the look the Fourth Prince was giving her.

Tada only answered truthfully.