The Black Whale sails: three weeks in known waters, five in seas that eat ships. The Zodiacs disperse to their posts across the tiers with Beyond in a Tier 1 holding cell. By nightfall five of Oito's royal guards lie dead with their blood drained through small wounds, Kacho frames a twin 'alliance' as cover, and Kurapika ends the chapter holding a gun and a pendulum on his own room.
- CeremonyDay 1CanonicalThe Black Whale departs
Two hundred thousand passengers leave port on a two-month voyage: three weeks in known waters, five in uncharted seas. The moment the gangways lift, the contest's arena is sealed — no prince leaves until landfall.
InvolvedNasubi Hui Guo Rou · Beyond Netero · Kurapika · Oito Hui Guo Rou · Woble Hui Guo RouLocationBlack Whale No. 1 - DeathDay 1CanonicalFive royal guards die drained of blood
On the first day, five of Queen Oito's higher-queen-appointed royal guards are found dead, their blood drawn out through small wounds. No intruder, no witness — the debut of the ability later named Silent Majority.
InvolvedKurapika · Bill · Oito Hui Guo RouLocationRoom 1014 (Woble & Oito)▸Consequences (1)
- Room 1014's detail begins shrinking from day one
- DecisionDay 1CanonicalKacho's plan for the twins
Kacho resolves to 'work with' Fugetsu to kill the other princes — and, if the two of them are last, to beg their father to spare Fugetsu. The ruthless framing is itself a mask over the real plan taking shape between the sisters.
InvolvedKacho Hui Guo Rou · Fugetsu Hui Guo RouLocationRoom 1010 (Kacho) - InvestigationDay 1CanonicalKurapika draws gun and pendulum on his own room
With five guards dead, Kurapika levels his pistol and Dowsing Chain at everyone in Room 1014 and begins interrogating the survivors. Trust inside the detail dies the same night the guards do.
InvolvedKurapika · Bill · Sayird · Shimanu · Oito Hui Guo RouLocationRoom 1014 (Woble & Oito)
- The hired Hunters in Room 1014 were never told about the succession battle
- An unseen killer drains guards inside a sealed, watched suite
