Chapter 319: Plotting × Dividing tasks × Splitting up
Joey knew perfectly well what he should and should not say.
As far as his ability went, he revealed only that he could reverse time. Everything else he discussed concerned their current situation.
Ging was not at all surprised by Joey's approach. There was even approval in his eyes. As he saw it, Joey was absolutely right to be wary of him.
Kite was his student and had gone on to teach an ability user like Joey. Especially since Joey was also Gon's friend, Ging felt a sense of closeness to him no matter how he looked at it.
What Joey had done so far, in particular, had only earned more of Ging's approval.
So, as they talked, he deliberately expressed his goodwill.
Joey could sense Ging's goodwill and naturally gave a more comprehensive account of what he knew. But when he mentioned Fugetsu's message about a rebellion in the Upper Tier and heavy casualties among the Princes, Ging shook his head.
"Although you're on good terms with several of Kakin's junior Princes, there's something I should remind you of. From birth, every Kakin Prince is educated with only one goal: to inherit the throne and become Kakin's King.
"That education is deeply ingrained in their thinking. So, in my opinion, the information Fugetsu passed on to you isn't necessarily accurate. It might even have certain limitations."
Ging offered his own perspective, and Joey was no stranger to that argument.
The Kakin Royal Family did indeed instill the idea of becoming King in every Prince from birth. Yet in his dealings with Fugetsu and Kacho, Joey had never sensed any ambition in either of them to become King.
He had not even sensed any desire to become King in Momoze.
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