Chapter 375 Convincing
Taithon Good morning everyone!
Private guards Good morning, Prince Taithon!
Taithon Don't worry everyone. Love will prevail in the end! No matter the lonely nights, or the longing days, surely they will someday turn into lovely memories! This Is Love! The power of love! From the Taithon Canon, Book of Cana 2:4
Private guards Viva Prince Taithon! Long live Prince Taithon!
Guard guy Izu-san, wasn't that the lyrics from Nishina Cana's song, verbatim?
Izunavi I don't know Nishina Cana <= *Note, it is Togashi's version of Nishino Kana, a Japanese singer
Guard guy Seriously? Wow, you really are hopeless as always, Izu-san. "Darling" is really famous, you know? And "No Matter How" is such a touching song..."
Izunavi Never mind that. What do you think of this guy here and that thing there?
Guard guy Hmm, I don't feel anything bad from it. We're talking about the Nen Beast of a Prince who talks about the importance of love. I'd be surprised if it poses any harm. I wonder if its ability is some kind of Spirit Bomb...
Izunavi Your examples are so obscure
Guard guy No, seriously, you should at least read DB (Ragon Boh)!
Izunavi The hell is that weird abbreviation! ...Spirit Bomb, huh...
Prince Taithon's Guardian Spirit Beast => A heart mark with one large eye. It has four angelic wings and produces little "fairies." Its ability is Emission-type, which scatters and collects. Little eyeball tadpoles attaches itself to people who have received the Taithon Canon. The little Unowns then collect aura from its host in exchange with a feeling of happiness. The degree of happiness depends on how much one reads the Taithon Canon. However, heavy punishment will befall those who break the one single taboo of the Canon.
Prince Camilla's Guardian Spirit Beast => A coercive-type Manipulator. It can freely control a target who fulfils a certain condition
Prince Tubeppa's Guardian Spirit Beast => A Transmuter. It is a symbiotic-type which needs a pertner ("fellow scientist") to activate its ability. The Beast can internally concoct various chemicals with different effects
Prince Luzurus's Guardian Spirit Beast => A Conjurer which has a semi-coercive Manipulation ability. It conjures the target's wish and entraps them. The ability activates when the target falls into the trap (fulfils his/her wish)
=Unit 1009=
Benjamin's Spy Guard (This is... dangerous! If we don't deal with this quickly it might pose a threat to Prince Benjamin! Individually, their aura is moderate, but the moment the private guards gather at Prince Halkenburg's side their power sharply rose!!)
Halkenburg Now, let us offer our silent prayers to Prince Momoze
An explosive amount of aura burst from among Halkenburg and the private guards around him
Benjamin's Spy Guard (Did their prayer do this...!? No, this is... because all of them acted with the same determination!! It appears to produce enormous aura from synchronization... A joint-type (mutual cooperation-type) with party form (collective behavior form)!!)
Prince Halkenburg's Guardian Spirit Beast =? Enhancer, joint-type. The more people branded with the feather mark gather by the Prince, the higher their individual potential becomes. When the group activates their ability with unity in determination, its power is top-tier, even among all the Nen abilities there are.
Benjamin's Spy Guard (Ho..ly... shit... How dreadful...!!)
Benjamin's Spy Guard, terrified at the overwhelming aura that floods the room, sends a signal to Benjamin with the wireless receiver in his ear
Benjamin's Spy Guard (Prince Benjamin should have noticed this as well!! If we are to kill them... do it now, while they don't even notice their own ability yet!! Please, give me the directive!!)
Benjamin's Spy Guard (But the problem is Prince Halkenburg's Guardian Beast! It seems to have noticed that I am a Nen user, and is constantly on alert... If I try to approach Prince Halkenburg with an obvious killing intent, who knows what counterattack it will unleash...! I predict that it will fire at me with its bristled feathers!)
Benjamin's Spy Guard (Speaking of which, Olsney, Queen Umma's guard who swapped with me, also received the mark from the Guardian Beast, along with the Prince and his private guards, but Olsney's mark disappeared within 10 minutes. From that, I can deduce that the mark does not affect people who are not loyal to Prince Halkenburg, which means that its ability is not a coercive- or semi-coercive-type Manipulation. But Olsney, just like the other private guards, had vague memories about the time he/she received the mark. It is likely that their memories were rewritten by a Manipulation attack. Therefore, I can deduce that even though Prince Halkenburg's Guardian Beast is an Enhancer, it is influenced by Prince Halkenburg's disposition and personality, allowing it to use Manipulation when attaching the marks!)
Benjamin's Spy Guard (If Prince Halkenburg's Guardian Beast possesses the power that, although not quite as powerful as coercive- or semi-coercive-type Manipulation, allows it to delete or overwrite memories, it is also entirely possible that it has a counter-type ability that allows it to fabricate memories more powerfully! It might even be possible for it to use the risk of countering (having to move last) to overwrite my target into "Prince Benjamin!" Upon receiving the counter, I might not even have the self-awareness to doubt my own memories!)
Benjamin's Spy Guard (...No good! Right now it is not advisable to attack Prince Halkenburg. If I did it before I have fully figured out the Guardian Beast's ability, things might take a turn for the worst! I need at least one, no, two more people with me. Someone who can witness and testify as to the nature of Prince Halkenburg's Beast's attack!!)
Benjamin This aura... Is it Halkenburg's?
Benjamin's Spy Guard ! Yes! It is a joint-type
Benjamin Can you kill him?
Benjamin's Spy Guard ...No. I need two more people... to secure information. I will explain it to you later...
Benjamin The assassin in 1013, the united power in 1009, and then the trash in 1004. It is getting distracting, huh?
Balsalmico The voyage has just begun. There might be more people like Prince Camilla here who will dig their own graves without us doing anything
Benjamin You are asking me to wait and see? That doesn't suit me...
Balsalmico And yet that would be the prudent thing to do
Private Guard from 1009 Prince, where are you going?
Halkenburg I will try to appeal to Father once more
Private Guard ! But meeting with the King outside of the banquet is prohibited...
Halkenburg If that will disqualify me I can't be any happier!
Private Guard Once the Succession Contest has been set in motion, there is no stopping it. The King has decreed so... If you protest any further you might even get arrested
Halkenburg speaks to his guard in tears
Halkenburg If I sit around here doing nothing while the Contest claims another victim... I might as well be killing them myself...! I can't bear it...!!
Private Guard ...
Benjamin's Spy Guard Prince Halkenburg is going to the King's. I will accompany him, as will three, no, five others
Benjamin/Balsalmico Understood
Halkenburg The rest of you, please perform your duties as usual
Private Guards Yessir!
=1011=
Fugetsu (Awesome! A door opened to Ka-chin's place just as I wished it! Is this my... magic spell!? The door disappeared when I returned, but... Once more! If I wish for it and the door appears again, then my magic is real!!)
Fugetsu (Please, o door that leads to Ka-chin's place. Please appear before me!!)
Fugetsu prays desperately, but nothing happens
Fugetsu (Why...!? Why can't I do it...!?)