Chapter 180: Banquet × clash × replacement
The attack happened.
Joey learned what had happened through the listening device, and the First Prince's Room learned something as well.
The First Prince's Personal Guard who had been attacked had sent plenty of information back to the First Prince at the critical moment.
But things reached a stalemate there.
The First Prince did not investigate the incident further, and the Ninth Prince did not retaliate against him. Everything seemed to have ended with the attack on the First Prince's Personal Guard.
Both sides knew it was not that simple, however.
The First Prince knew his Personal Guard was still with the Ninth Prince, but presumably would no longer obey him.
And the Ninth Prince needed to learn about his own ability through the First Prince's Personal Guard.
For the time being, matters remained at a stalemate.
On the seventh day of the voyage, no assassinations occurred in the Twelfth Prince's Room. It seemed that with Satobi taken away by the King's Army, the assassinations had suddenly stopped once again.
This convinced quite a few people that Satobi was the assassin.
Joey maintained his regular routine, but the listening devices he had left in many of the princes' rooms were destroyed.
This was probably a sign that the First Prince was preparing to act again.
This time, however, Joey could not easily judge who the First Prince's target would be.
Still, he only needed to ensure that the First Prince did not act against the Tenth and Eleventh Princes over these two days.
Besides, he doubted the First Prince would choose to act before the banquet began. The greatest threat to him now should have been the Ninth Prince.
Without understanding the situation in Zone Nine, rashly striking might provoke fierce retaliation from