Kurapika: (A call from the 3 princes at the same time…! Who’s call should I pick up first…?!
(Benjamin knows that his own soldier was killed! So you can say that we are already in war with him…! But despite that, he sent another assassin to us and at the same time, he wishes to talk to us now…?!)
(The reason why the other two want to contact us is probably the same…! The information about Nen beasts. They tried to acquire information about the Nen beasts, but their soldiers probably couldn't use Nen. )
(Although I want to negotiate with them…we lack information about the two princes. I hardly think that they would contact us just to declare war on us. It will likely cause pressure to them when they find out that I got in contact with Benjamin.)
Kurapika: Shimano! Ask the soldier to wait for a moment and connect me to the first prince.
Shimano: …Yes.
Kurapika: Bill! Please observe the solider outside the room. Depending on how the negotiation goes, a fight may start right away, but what about “Gyo”?
Bill: Leave it to me. I will stop him no matter what.
Kurapika: I made them think that I am a manipulator type, so they can’t make any careless moves.
Kurapika: Hello.
Zhang Lei: What an honor. You prioritized me instead of Benjamin.
Kurapika: (Zhang Lei?)
Kurapika glares at Shimano.
Shimano stares back but with no emotions.
Zhang Lei: If you don’t mind, could you tell me something? Why did you choose me instead of the first prince…
Kurapika: To be honest, I thought that you would be the most sensible person to talk to.
Zhang Lei: Hoo…What’s your basis?
Kurapika: I can’t tell you that. Because it’s related to Nen and this is likely the information you want from us.
Zhang Lei: I understand…Let’s get into the main topic then.
As you have realized, I want to have as much information as possible about Nen.
But obviously, keeping confidentiality on the phone isn’t guaranteed. So, I will give you permission to come to my room. An exchange of honour and information. How about that?
Kurapika: (I didn’t expect any less from someone carrying a royal bloodline. So he won’t allow us to be in an advantageous position.)
I will humbly accept your invitation…But one thing, can you allow us to take Prince Wobble and Queen Oito with us?
Zhang Lei: They are obviously welcome too! It’s not like that it’s my desire for us siblings to fight each other. Well then, ring the interphone in 15 minutes.
Operator: …Switchboard.
Kurapika: Connect me to the first prince!
Operator: The connection has already been lost.
Kurapika: (Sh…it)
Operator: Should I connect to Prince Tubeppa?
Kurapika: Please do.
Kurapika: Hello it’s Kurapika.
Maor: I am Lieutenant Maor and I work directly under Prince Tubeppa. If you’re willing to exchange information about the Nen Beasts, then we can agree to the put the fight to rest. Do you accept it?
Kurapika: You don’t care about the connection I have with the other princes?
Maor: We won’t intervene with anything you do.
Kurapika: Alright, I will accept your offer.
Maor: The prince has entrusted me with this matter. We won’t forcefully break our agreements but there are possibilities of us discarding the agreement and that depends on your actions.
Kurapika: I am content with that, and we don’t desire to fight either.
Maor: I see. I will now go to your place.
Kurapika: …I’m sorry about it, but can you give us a bit more time?
Maor: As I said, we're not concerned with your problems.
[Kurapika is nervous.]
Maor: We don’t think that you’re the only person who has information about Nen. And our agreement will take effect the moment we exchange information. Do you understand it now?
Kurapika: (Brint it on…!)
But currently, we have problems with the First Prince’s private soldier, and that soldier is right in front of our door. We obviously can let you in the room and ignore the First Prince’s private soldier. But what the First Prince will interpret from that act won’t be our problem. Do you understand it?
Maor: …I understand. We will contact you again in an hour.
Maor: If you fail to solve the problem till then, then our agreement will be discarded.
[Their conversation ends.]
Kurapika: Bill, I will leave the Queen to you.
Bill: Yes. And she is emotionless.
Kurapika: Shimano, look at my eyes.
Shimano: …
Kurapika: Why did you connect me to Zhang Lei instead of Benjamin?
Shimano: …I thought that I did my best to survive.
Shimano: Benjamin sama is a cold-headed person. He isn’t someone to change his thinking with negotiation or when someone is pleading for their own life.
Shimano: And he isn’t someone who will talk to common people. The one who wanted to talk to you was likely Sergeant Might.
Shimano: And when it comes to negotiation, the death of his private guard means that there won’t be any chance of agreements and their demand would be about only one thing.
Shimano: Their demand would be to express respect to the person who is so loyal to his employer and let him choose the manner of his death.
Kurapika: …
Shimano: I’m not interested in what way I will die…I only want to survive. That’s why I connected you with Zhang Lei Sama.
Shimano: His tolerance goes to the extent that he himself will directly talk to you, but he’s also arrogant enough to feel disrespected if you had made him wait.
Shimano: He has the kindness to prefer to not kill his siblings but also has the cruelty to not hesitate killing.
Shimano: That is the impression I have on Zhang Lei.
Shimano: That’s why it would be preferable to not upset him and create a good relationship with him and he will only target us once more princes are wiped out.
Kurapika: So you took that action to ensure your own safety…
Shimano: Yes. Tubeppa Sama isn’t someone who will directly talk to you but he has a strong opinion about the current Royal system.
Shimano: The reason why he is participating in this battle is because he wants to avoid a situation where the older princes take the throne.
Shimano: And once he achieves that, he will negotiate with the current King to pardon the younger princes and he has the political power to do that.
Shimano: The reason why I picked Zhang Lei Sama’s call first is because I deemed that Tubeppa sama isn’t someone that feels disrespected by that decision.
Kurapika: (Indeed…until this point, Shimano’s decisions were precise)
Kurapika: I will ask you this, the private soldier of the first prince…what do you think we should do with him?
Shimano: …Letting him in the room is the only option we have.
Shimano: Upper soldiers that are directly working for the King’s army have the right to directly observe us and that will be his request.
Shimano: And if we deny his request, then the King’s army will restrain us, including the prince and the queen.
Shimano: When they restrain us, one of the first prince’s soldiers will come along.
Shimano: They will take advantage of that moment and will assassinate the Queen and the prince, saying that they committed suicide.
Shimano: The reason why he isn’t taking any actions despite being made wait for so long is because…he knows exactly what he has to do.
Shimano: The more this abnormal situation goes on, the easier it will be for him to execute his plans.
Kurapika: …Shimano, thank you. I will need your advice from now on. Please say anything that comes to your mind.
Bill: Kurapika, we slowly need to get ready.
Kurapika talks to Banimaina through the interphone:
Kurapika: "Sorry for waiting."
"I was getting preparations ready for Queen Oito's small trip."
Babimaina: "You're leaving the room ?"
Kurapika: "I am going over to Zhang Lei's room."
"Of course, I was invited by him personally."
"Are you coming with us?"
Babimaina: "No, if you're going over to Zhang Lei's territory then I'll leave it to you."
"I will wait here."
Bill turns to Kurapika.
Bill: "I'll be fine. I won't die from something like this."
"Kurapika... Are you okay going with those eyes?"
Kurapika: "No, I will be using my contacts."
"If Prince Tubeppa's men contacts you, tell them 'we've solved the problem'."
"I will contact you as soon as negotiations are finished."
The ones leaving the room are Kurapika, Oito, and Woble.
The ones seeing them off is Bill and Babimaina.
Bill: "Have an enjoyable trip...."
Bill to Babimaina: Come in.
While walking through the corridors, Kurapika glances over to the direction of Tserriednich's room.
Kurapika: (Over there is Tserriednich's residence...)
Zhang Lei's guard talking through the Wireless Phone: "The 3 guests will now enter the room."
Zhang Lei: "Welcome!"
Zhang Lei presents two bottles.
Zhang Lei: "Take whichever one you like"
"Sorry for the unconditional hospitality"
"But, this way, you will not have to worry unnecessarily, am I right?"
Oito: "Thank you for your concern"
Oito's hands, which are holding the bottles, are shaking
Zhang Lei: "Alright then, let's hear of this information you have"
Kurapika: "This Nen ability, will in other words allow you to activate superpowers."
"When you obtain this ability, you are able to see things that you normally won't be able to (gyo) and even conjure or project extraordinary power."
"Very few people are able to use this ability."
Oito: (Kurapika is probably directing his explanation to me)
(He... was probably trying to not have me panic in this situation.)
The Nen Beast on Zhang Lei's back immediately zooms in on Oito.
Kurapika: "The Succession War this time around will be a Nen survival game."
"The princes were each unknowingly given Nen abilities, you see."
Zhang Lei: "I see..."
Kurapika: "In other words, they were give the Nen Beasts!"
"That was the keyword leaked in the Emergency Broadcast a while ago"
I'm assuming that this was activated by the ceremony of the vessel.
"Let's see now... The information you have learned here is very important"
"These all will% have great impact on the results of the Succession War...!"
Zhang Lei has a guard to each of his sides.
To his right is one of Duazul's private solider, Slucker.
To his left is one of Benjamin's private soldier, Kobentoba.
Kurapika: "Do you really want to talk here in this (open) area?"
Zhang Lei is thinking.