Chapter 178: Spatial ability × clones × Emperor Killer's space
The King's Army came in the end and took both Biscuit and Satobi away. Of course, they also took Miuhan's body.
Of those who remained in Room 12, no one chose to actually withdraw, much less actually let the King's Army intervene and investigate Kurapika.
Learning Nen Abilities was an order each prince had given their guard soldiers.
Only half-hearted people, the sort their princes thought little of, would hesitate and consider withdrawing.
Even Danjin, the Fourth Prince's guard soldier whose companion had been assassinated, merely watched everything that happened in the Twelfth Prince's Room, then returned to the Fourth District after the lesson ended.
"Miuhan was killed?" The Fourth Prince, Tserriednich, paid little mind to the news. His expression was utterly calm, as though the dead man were not one of his personal guards.
"Yes. The culprit is a Nen user." Danjin, the Fourth Prince's crew-cut guard soldier, was not surprised by his reaction. "The assassin was probably among the twenty-nine people in Room 1012 at the time.
"So far, all the assassinations have taken place during the training sessions, but it's still difficult to judge whether someone serving the Twelfth Prince or an outsider attending the training was responsible.
"Although Biscuit, the guard soldier from the Hunter Association hired by the Thirteenth Prince, identified the Seventh Prince's guard soldier Satobi as the culprit, there's no guarantee her accusation was correct.
"Even with both of them taken away, the assassinations may continue.
"Is it all right for me to keep attending the training?"
"What do you think?" The Fourth Prince placed more importance on Danjin's opinion.
"If a non-Nen user is targeted while acting alone, there's no escape. But there are still ways to avoid becoming an assassination target.