Salkov's luminol finds no blood: Theta saw an illusion. Halkenburg, meanwhile, runs controlled experiments on his own ability — brain monitors, four hypotheses about where a swapped soul goes — and sends Sumidori-in-Shikaku to Luzurus's door, where the body shouts loyalty to Benjamin and shoots itself. Sumidori wakes home; Shikaku is dead; Benjamin names Halkenburg his biggest threat. Melody, held at the Bureau, learns the princes want her flute for their own killings.
- InvestigationDay 9CanonicalHalkenburg experiments on his own ability
With Sumidori's soul confirmed inside Shikaku's body, Halkenburg lays out four hypotheses for where Shikaku's mind went and begins methodical testing. His awakened resolve has turned the pacifist into the arc's most rigorous experimental scientist.
InvolvedHalkenburg Hui Guo Rou · Shikaku · SumidoriLocationRoom 1009 (Halkenburg) - DeathDay 9Canonical'Long live Prince Benjamin' — Shikaku's body dies
Sumidori-in-Shikaku rings Luzurus's doorbell, shouts loyalty to Benjamin, and shoots himself — a staged suicide at a staged address. Sumidori wakes safely in his own body; Shikaku is dead, and Benjamin now names Halkenburg his biggest threat.
InvolvedShikaku · Sumidori · Halkenburg Hui Guo Rou · Benjamin Hui Guo Rou · Balsamilco Might · BashoLocationRoom 1007 (Luzurus)CasualtiesShikaku▸Consequences (1)
- Benjamin summons Kanjidol from Room 1007 for a full debrief
- InvestigationDay 9CanonicalMelody held — and courted — at the Justice Bureau
Keeney's suicide note claims he acted alone, but several princes, understanding now what her flute can do, 'invite' Melody to their suites with pardons as leverage. The Bureau keeps her long precisely to keep her out of their hands.
InvolvedMelodyLocationMinistry of Justice (Tier 2) - RecordDay 9CanonicalKurapika brings water divination to class
Kurapika demonstrates the test — revealing himself a Specialist to every camp's observers — and singles out the servant Ladiolus's aura to prove Nen ignores rank and muscle. Type results will be taken behind closed doors, payment for the course.
- Halkenburg's swap: one mind awake at a time, his side holding priority
- Kurapika publicly reads as a Specialist via water divination
- Benjamin's camp now treats Halkenburg as threat number one
