Escape X Three Minutes of Infatuation

Day eight of sailing.

The banquet began.

This is a weekly dinner that takes place every Sunday, where all the social elites are invited to attend.

All the Prince will attend.

This is also the only place where the Prince have been able to meet and interact since the Succession War.

The banquet had already begun.

Everyone took their seats.

This naturally included Kurapika and Pairo, who sat in a corner from which they could observe the entire banquet venue and have a view of almost everyone.

However, a major event occurred before the banquet began.

The first Prince to be eliminated has appeared.

Elimination means death.

The Eighth Prince has been confirmed to have died from poisoning.

"It can be confirmed that these Prince's Nen Beast can be destroyed. Since these Nen Beasts were obtained through Succession Ceremony, their hosts will not feel anything when they are destroyed."

As Pairo summarized, one hand rested on his sleeve, and if you looked closely, you would notice that his sleeve was slightly bulging.

Inside was a Chimera Ant with a special pattern.

Their method of communication can also be transmitted to others through thought waves.

This is one of the abilities brought about by Ant Speech: it can transmit information through speech, as well as through physical contact and through thought waves.

The reason Pairo knew so much was because he witnessed the entire process of how the Eighth Prince's Nen Beast was destroyed through the Funeral Butterfly.

"Based on this week's observations, the basic rules for these Nen Beasts have been largely grasped."

Nen Beast will not attack each other.

The Nen Beast will not attack the Prince who participates in the Succession War Succession Ceremony.

The Nen Beast will spontaneously protect the Prince it parasitizes.

The reason the Twelfth Prince was assassinated was because he had fallen into a coma.

During this period of unconsciousness, the Nen Beast disappears because for ordinary people, especially those whose growth and development are incomplete and whose physical condition is poor, the Nen Beast would consume their spirit energy.

Although the power consumed by these Nen Beast is negligible in terms of their abilities, that only applies to Nen user.

For the average person, the amount consumed is still quite large.

Therefore, if Nen Beast takes action and uses its Nen ability, it will cause the host to become somewhat fatigued.

If the host falls into a deep sleep at this time, the Nen Beast will disappear.

At this point, the host is completely defenseless.

The assassination was successful because someone had already eliminated the Eighth Prince's Nen Beast before the Nen attack could proceed.

For Nen user, once the Nen Beast protecting the Prince is gone, assassinating the Prince becomes incredibly easy.

Even though Nen ability are now completely public knowledge among the Prince.

"If these Prince are determined to participate in the Succession War, they seem to be able to control their Nen Beast."

Kurapika seemed to have thought of something, and his voice reached Pairo's mind.

Upon hearing this, Pairo nodded slightly.

It's still the Twelfth Prince.

The first assassination attempt seemed to solidify the resolve of the Twelfth Prince, who was still a young girl at the time.

The Twelfth Prince is now able to control her Nen Beast, and through the Nen Beast's power, he causes all the Private Army of the other Prince around her to kill each other.

What are you two whispering about?

Biscuit, who had come to the banquet with the two of them, stared at them and asked a question.

The two men just stared at her without saying a word.

Biscuit rolled her eyes in exasperation, and a Chimera Ant crawled out of her sleeve as well.

They joined the channel through the Chimera Ant's telepathic communication.

Why didn't Kevin come?

Biscuit was a little curious. If she hadn't come before, it could be explained as a lack of interest, but now that Kevin wanted to destroy the Succession Ceremony, it was rather strange that she hadn't come.

"There's going to be a good show at this banquet, but Uncle needs to make some preparations outside, so he won't be attending."

Upon hearing this, Biscuit gave the two of them a strange look.

"So mysterious."

However, their conversation did pique her interest in this somewhat boring banquet.

The Prince entered one after another.

As the Prince entered, the two exchanged a glance and noticed something strange.

First, there's the Fourth Prince.

Nen Aura was actually emanating from him.

"The Fourth Prince actually learned Nen ability, in just one week?"

Biscuit their conversation, and she looked at the Fourth Prince.

After observing him carefully for a while, Biscuit said, "This is undoubtedly a genius; he should have already awakened his Nen ability."

Biscuit's voice was absolutely certain, and the two immediately adopted her Biscuit.

Because in this area, Biscuit is an absolute expert.

"He's already awakened Nen ability? Was it because of what his uncle did to him before?"

"No matter what, it's definitely not a good thing; he's looking this way."

The Fourth Prince scanned the entire area but couldn't find Kevin. However, he did spot Kurapika and the others who had been with Kevin earlier.

His eyes held an undisguised malice.

Is he provoking us?

"Very likely."

"Does he think he's invincible just because he just learned Nen ability?"

"I don't think he's that stupid. It seems his Nen ability is so strong that it gave him confidence."

They didn't believe that no one around the Prince would provide Prince with information about them.

Since they provided inside information, especially from Nen user, they still dared to take such actions.

Either the Fourth Prince is an idiot.

Either the Fourth Prince has someone to rely on.

Since the Fourth Prince isn't a fool, he must have something to rely on, plus he learned Nen ability and awakened it in just one week.

"It should be Specialization Type."

Biscuit seemed to be still observing, she said definitively.

"Specialization Type, huh? It seems to be some kind of very special Nen ability that gave him confidence."

In this way, the three of them analyzed the Fourth Prince's reliance and the most likely situation through observation and a single glance from him.

"It's alright, I'll go out and talk to the Fourth Prince's guards later."

Pairo's voice held a slight hint of pleasure.

Since we can't send the Butterfly to observe, let their guards do it themselves.

Especially those guards with Nen ability.

After all, the other party needs to learn Nen ability, so they will definitely need the help of these guards.

Perhaps one of them is a teacher.

"It's not just the Fourth Prince; the Ninth Prince seems to have changed too. What was he doing just now?"

Hearing Kurapika's question, Pairo shook his head with some regret.

"They have just taken control of the King's guards and stormed into the King's bedroom with guns drawn."

"Ah?!"

This news made Kurapika lose his composure, and he turned around in great surprise.

Even Biscuit was taken aback.

"Don't ask me what happened inside, I wouldn't dare send the Butterfly in."

Therefore, Pairo had no idea what had happened between the Ninth Prince and the King.

"However, after the Ninth Prince came out, his demeanor changed a lot, and he even clashed with the First Prince's Private Army."

"This week has been quite eventful; I'm getting curious."

Listening to their conversation, Biscuit someone watching a melon seed.

"It seems something has changed. Hopefully, it won't affect our subsequent conversation, otherwise it will be quite troublesome."

Kurapika said with a hint of helplessness.

The banquet then began, and the performances prepared by the Prince took place one by one.

Second floor.

Escape Passage.

Kevin stood in the shadows of a corner, eyes closed, leaning against the steel wall, arms crossed, waiting quietly.

A Chimera Ant was crawling on the back of his hand.

At this moment, the performance in the Banquet Hall had already begun.

The performance quickly came to an end.

Only two performances remain.

The Private Army by the Tenth Prince and Eleventh Princes, and the two Prince perform together.

The Chimera Ant sent a signal.

Kevin opened his eyes.

The announcement of the performance could be heard in my ears.

"Does the company have some kind of extensive capability to specifically request that the performance be broadcast?"

Kevin muttered to himself, lost in thought.

"Next, please enjoy a solo flute performance by Miss Melody."

"Music?"

Kevin frowned upon hearing the announcement over the loudspeaker.

Is it transmitted through sound?

Should we cover our ears?

Just as I was pondering this, music started playing.

In an instant, the world changed drastically.

The appearance of the beautiful Melody brings a tug at the soul.

My vision and consciousness felt as if I had been transported to a world of flowers.

Everyone who hears the music feels as if they are in this beautiful mountain setting, with a gentle breeze carrying flower petals that brush against their face.

Everyone lost the ability to think.

They were completely immersed in the music, even when their minds were blank.

This music transcends friend and foe; it applies to all who listen.

Even Kevin.

"Hurry, time is running out!"

A short, elderly Hunter x Hunter in a suit followed by the Tenth Prince and Eleventh Prince.

Both of them wore earplugs and quickly followed each other's steps.

Open the Escape Passage.

He rushed inside.

Is someone there?

Are there still guards inside the Escape Passage?

This was something the Hunter x Hunter hadn't expected, but he couldn't worry about that now, and ran over with the two Prince.

They completely ignored Kevin, who was hiding in the shadows.

Clearly, Kevin was also captivated by the beautiful Melody.

Two minutes.

Kevin suddenly woke up with a start, his eyes widening as if his soul had been ripped out.

That's an exaggerated Nen ability.

This was Kevin's first thought, then he immediately remembered what he was doing and stomped his foot.

His figure shot out like an arrow released from a bow.

"Run!"

I could hear sounds coming from inside the Escape Passage.

Kevin rushed inside.

"How could you!"

What came into view was an elderly man in a suit, holding a pistol and pointing it at his own head.

He was about to fire his gun when he was startled by Kevin suddenly rushing in.

"Suicide? Not likely."

Kevin knocked the gun out of the other man's hand and then knocked him unconscious with a karate chop.

Standing by the Torrent, I looked at the Escape Boat that were already rushing downstream.

"Going out there would be a death sentence, ladies. You're just causing trouble for others."

Kevin was somewhat helpless, but he had to speed up and get there.

He waited here specifically to intercept them, didn't he? Turns out he almost failed.

If something goes wrong, Biscuit will laugh him to death.

"Call out!"

The figure transformed into a streak of light, tearing through the air in an instant and disappearing from the spot in the blink of an eye.

They rushed straight across the Torrent.

Soon they saw the Escape Boat about to be launched.

He reached out and swung his hand sharply.

A Water Droplets shot out.

The missile struck the Escape Boat instantly, fixing it in place.

The entire Escape Boat was as if it were nailed down somewhere; the Torrent Escape Boat caused it to sway up and down, but it simply couldn't continue moving downwards.

My lifelong reputation was almost ruined.

Kevin exhaled, jumped onto the Escape Boat, opened the door, and looked inside.

Then I witnessed an outrageous scene.

It was filled with Resentment.

In Kevin's eyes, it seemed as if countless black eyes and hands had appeared in the air, as if they were pulling and dragging something.

A corpse lay on the ground.

It belongs to the Tenth Prince.

His eyes were wide open, and his face was filled with terror.

Within the other person, something like a soul rose up.

Something was pulling the other's soul along, and as the soul stood up, something substantial began to replenish it.

That was an enormous amount of Nen Aura, the essence of life filling the soul and forcibly creating a physical body.

The outrageous scene left Kevin staring blankly at it.

Ah?

What is this thing?

There are now two sets of ten kings.

The newly emerged Ten Kings seemed somewhat bewildered, glancing at Kevin before completely ignoring him.

He jumped through the doorway that appeared on the wall art, and then the door closed automatically and he disappeared.

Kevin didn't stop anything throughout the entire process; he just watched from the sidelines.

Until the lifeboats returned to calm.

Kevin looked at the corpse lying on the floor.

On the young face of the Ten Kings, wide eyes reflected the terror of facing death.

"Interesting, a soulless shell?"

In the Banquet Hall.

Three minutes passed.

--

Everyone was jolted awake, followed by thunderous applause. Even these wealthy and powerful people at the top of the world genuinely appreciated the Melody solo.

The applause was deafening, surpassing even the loudest applause.

But all the Nen user heard the music were shocked.

This even includes Kurapika and two others.

"Is such Nen ability possible?"

Kurapika looked at Biscuit and couldn't help but ask.

That's outrageous! This Nen ability is just too overpowered.

Keep in mind that even Biscuit was forcibly restrained for three minutes. If someone had urged her to move freely during that time, it would have been tantamount to death.

This extreme control ability has left people sometimes unable to find a way to break through it.

Especially when the situation is unknown, it is an absolute threat of being killed without warning.

Biscuit was also a little confused.

Because she never expected to fall for it, she was submerged for a full three minutes.

"Could this be a human's Nen ability? What price would it take to acquire such Nen ability?"