Chapter 161: The situation × Who would support whom × The Third Prince
Although Kurapika intended to ally with the Third Prince, Kakin had another rule: junior princes had no right to initiate contact with senior princes.
In other words, even with Gilbur acting as their inside man, they could not immediately contact the Third Prince.
Communication between the two sides required another method!
Only by drawing the Third Prince's attention to something he needed at the Twelfth Prince's quarters could they make him consider contacting the Twelfth Prince.
Only then could Kurapika establish contact with the Third Prince.
Of course, since Gilbur dared to propose an alliance, he naturally had a way to contact the Third Prince.
The key lay with the Third Queen.
Gilbur had a special means of communication through which he could report matters to the Third Queen.
They could then contact the Third Prince through the Third Queen.
But Joey rejected that outright, because it was unnecessary.
For one thing, having Gilbur act as an intermediary carried risks. For another, Joey had a better way to contact the Third Prince directly.
Since their bargaining chip was Nen Abilities, rather than making unsupported claims, they might as well demonstrate a "superpower" before the Third Prince and have him contact them.
The ability involved was simple, too. Joey tore off a slip of paper, wrote Gilbur's name on it, and added the number twelve, then turned it into a flying fly.
Under Joey's control, the fly traveled through the ventilation system toward the Third Prince's room.
Gilbur's intelligence confirmed one thing: the Third Prince had no Nen users around him.
That meant the fly only needed to be wary of the Third Prince's Nen Beast, but Joey recalled that it seemed to be an enormous gold coin.