Balsamilco dissects the Shikaku incident and states his cornerstone theory: princes — and their beasts — cannot directly kill princes, so Halkenburg's beast would never back a regicide ability. Vict's garbled scream over the radio proves him half right: Shikaku is dead, Vict alive but taken. Halkenburg is arrested to sever him from his men. And Camilla's Have-Not guards are revealed as curse assassins — one per rival prince — with Sarahell assigning herself to Woble via Kurapika's classes.
- InvestigationDay 9CanonicalBalsamilco dissects the Shikaku incident
Debriefing Kanjidol, Balsamilco raises three objections to the obvious theory — including his cornerstone hypothesis that princes (and their beasts) cannot directly kill princes, since royal-murder is capital even for royals. The key question he assigns: why did Shikaku die in front of Room 1007?
InvolvedBalsamilco Might · Benjamin Hui Guo Rou · KanjidolLocationRoom 1001 (Benjamin) - BattleDay 10CanonicalVict's scream on the radio
A fourth aura rumbling, then Vict's breaking voice — something about a bow, about Halkenburg being invincible — then screaming. Benjamin's palm stars confirm Shikaku dead but Vict alive: taken, not killed. Balsamilco proposes arresting Halkenburg to sever him from his men.
InvolvedVict · Halkenburg Hui Guo Rou · Benjamin Hui Guo Rou · Balsamilco MightLocationRoom 1009 (Halkenburg)▸Consequences (1)
- Halkenburg is taken into custody pending trial — the stage Benjamin intends to strike on
- Nen revealDay 10CanonicalCamilla's curse assassins revealed
Camilla elevated Kakin's casteless Have-Nots into her personal army, and they revived the old 'afterlife companion' rite as Nen: eleven curse-bearers, one per surviving rival prince, each carrying a token of their target and strengthening the curse daily — strongest if they die by suicide close to the target's eyes.
InvolvedCamilla Hui Guo Rou · Sarahell · FukatakiLocationRoom 302 (VVIP Confinement) - DecisionDay 10CanonicalSarahell takes the Woble curse herself
With the twins in custody and beasts shielding most princes, the captain of Camilla's guard volunteers for the hardest target list: she will attend Kurapika's next round of classes and curse the Fourteenth Prince from inside Room 1014.
LocationRoom 302 (VVIP Confinement) - DiscoveryDay 10CanonicalCoventoba's stolen coin ticks 1 → 10
The coin Benjamin's observer secretly pocketed on day one changes value. Zhang Lei's beast is running a compounding scheme nobody yet understands — including the thief holding its seed capital.
InvolvedCoventoba · Zhang Lei Hui Guo Rou · TenftoryLocationRoom 1003 (Zhang Lei) - InvestigationDay 10CanonicalBasho suspects Nen after death
Feigning agreement with Kanjidol's suspicions, Basho privately concludes the opposite: Benjamin's own men staged the Room 1007 incident, and an ability that activates on Shikaku's suicide — post-mortem Nen — is in play. He adds it to the watch list beside the beasts.
InvolvedBasho · Kanjidol · Luzurus Hui Guo RouLocationRoom 1007 (Luzurus)
- Halkenburg into custody pending his trial with Benjamin
- Camilla runs eleven Have-Not curse-bearers, one per rival prince
- Vict is alive — taken by the arrow, not killed
- Coventoba's stolen coin has ticked from 1 to 10
- A curse assassin is now scheduled to sit in Kurapika's classroom
