On September 27, promotional posters for Hisoka and Chrollo's fight had already covered the arena.
Joey had bought a front-row ticket with a fairly good view and had also found out where the arena's senior management would be watching.
Joey's seat was some distance from there, in the second-tier stands, but it happened to offer a clear view of the stands below.
When the time came, he would be able to observe Gerat's security arrangements and launch his assassination attempt on Gerat from there.
No one knew better than he did how much damage Hisoka and Chrollo's fight would inflict on the arena's spectators. The arena's plan to rake in a fortune this time was bound to fall through; that had been decided before the fight even began.
After all, those two were self-centered people who did not care whether others lived or died. In their eyes, ordinary spectators were merely tools they could casually kill at any moment, or even use as weapons.
Joey had no intention of dealing with the Phantom Troupe, nor did he have any plans to approach Hisoka, so when the time came, he would avoid the two of them and carve out a separate battlefield for himself and Gerat.
In his view, approaching the Phantom Troupe or Hisoka was most likely to get him double-crossed.
After all, fair negotiations required equal strength. Was he strong enough to stand on equal footing with the Phantom Troupe or Hisoka? The answer was naturally no.
Even though Joey had confidence in his abilities, he was not in the habit of gambling with his life.
Besides, he had no need to provoke the Phantom Troupe or Hisoka. That would be asking for trouble, pure and simple.
As for the assassination plan as a whole, it was actually very