Incident report · Chapter 402

Letter

Voyage day 10–11

Tenftory brokers the pact: if Zhang Lei, Tubeppa, and Woble are the last three, the other two renounce in his favor. Balsamilco, alone, loads TSK-17 — a self-erasing bioweapon — into his shoe to erase Halkenburg at trial. And Kaiser walks Fugetsu door to door delivering 'Kacho's final letters': cover for marking princes' rooms for her tunnel, and for reading each brother's reaction — Benjamin's slip confirms he is waiting for martial-law conditions; Luzurus hands his letter back unmoved.

Voyage recorder
Event sequence
  1. AllianceDay 10Canonical
    The Zhang Lei succession pact

    Tenftory relays the deal to Zhang Lei: if he, Tubeppa, and Woble are the last three standing, the other two renounce the throne in his favor — in writing — in exchange for Sakata and Hashito's indefinite support. A partial-surrender framework nobody is sure the ritual even permits.

  2. DecisionDay 10Canonical
    Balsamilco arms himself with TSK-17

    Alone, Balsamilco loads a shoe-mounted dispersal rig with TSK-17, a failed military pathogen that denatures in seconds in open air but kills by organ failure in half a day if inhaled — then erases itself from the corpse. His target: erase Halkenburg at their courthouse cross-examination.

  3. MovementDay 11Canonical
    Kacho's posthumous letters open every door

    Kaiser escorts Fugetsu to hand-deliver 'Kacho's final letters' to each prince — cover for marking rooms Fugetsu's door can later reach, and for watching each prince react to Bureau-leaked secrets. Benjamin's beast incidentally screeches Fugetsu's evil spirits away; Basho slips her a protective haiku charm.

    Consequences (2)
    • Kaiser confirms Benjamin is waiting for grounds to declare martial law
    • Luzurus reads the letter as bait and hands it straight back to the Bureau
Differential analysis
What changed in this chapter?
Entered the record
New relationships
  • Zhang Lei–Tubeppa–Woble: a written three-way succession pact
New knowledge
  • TSK-17: a failed military pathogen that kills in half a day and erases itself
  • Benjamin's beast passively dispels lesser evil spirits
New threats
  • Balsamilco has authorization to erase Halkenburg biologically