Chapter 234: Connections × Diversion × Personal Guard Kamic
Joey looked somewhat grave.
He did not want to run into members of the Phantom Troupe right now.
After all, his clone's earlier contact with Chrollo and the others had already established where he stood with the Phantom Troupe.
If the two sides met now, a fight would be inevitable.
And once fighting broke out, Joey's greatest concern was naturally that Melody would get caught up in it.
If he were alone, fleeing or fighting would both be simple matters. But letting Melody die here would be letting down Kurapika's trust.
Besides, Melody had helped him quite a bit during their earlier operations. Simply abandoning her now was something Joey himself could not justify.
Another question was why the Phantom Troupe's members had appeared here.
The room on the Fifth Floor had not been exposed before. If the Troupe members were heading straight for his room, that would confirm they had probably received intelligence.
And as things stood, the only possible source of that intelligence should have been the Second Prince.
But the Second Prince should not have had any connection to the Mafia.
Joey frowned deeply, involuntarily recalling the Second Queen he had seen beside the Second Prince when he broke into Room 2.
The Second Queen was not only the Second Prince's mother. She was also the Seventh Prince's mother.
And the Seventh Prince was the backer of the Gasha-A Family, the Mafia organization responsible for the Fifth Floor.
If Room 2 had any way to contact the Mafia on the lower tiers, this was the only one Joey could think of.
They could contact the Seventh Prince through the Second Queen, have him contact members of the Gasha-A Family, and then have those members pass the intelligence to