Chapter 199: Fishing × Contact × Hinrigh's judgment
"I don't want to do anything either. Whether it's Kakin's princes or the Phantom Troupe aboard this ship, I'd rather not deal with a single one of them if I can help it." Joey also picked up a fishing rod, took a piece of earthworm from the bait bucket, hooked it, and joined Zigg in fishing.
"Then leave them alone. We'll reach the Imaginary Continent in the end anyway." Zigg glanced at Joey.
Joey paused. "But I received information that Nasubi seems to intend to use everyone aboard as sacrifices."
"He can't do it." Zigg's tone was disdainful. "At most, he can sacrifice some ordinary people. And plenty of those people at the bottom will die after reaching the Imaginary Continent anyway. What's wrong with using up a few here?"
"So you know Nasubi will attack the people aboard?" Although Joey had intended to probe for information when he spoke, he hadn't held out much hope.
But now it seemed he had completely underestimated the Zoldyck Family's intelligence capabilities.
"Counting back, Kakin's Succession War has been going on for around a thousand years. The resentment, frustration, and curses accumulated over those thousand years are countless. It's about time they were settled." Zigg's gaze was profound. "The Succession War selects not only the next king, but Kakin's future as well."
Listening to Zigg, Joey suddenly remembered what Nasubi had once told the Ninth Prince: one who refused to shoulder sin could never become king!
There was also Nasubi's railway theory.
Perhaps the two ends of the tracks weren't important, because the nation had never been an option on those tracks. The nation was the train they were driving.
The person who controlled the train and made the choice would become king.
And perhaps