The Silent Majority Killings

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.

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.

Sayird, puppeted by a Guardian Spirit Beast, kills Kurton and the last two royal guards. Kurapika subdues him without killing — the enemy, whatever it is, can wear the detail's own people.

The reader learns the small beast that puppeted Sayird belongs to Prince Momoze — a girl whose guardian kills for her without her knowledge or consent.

Sixteen students from rival camps fill Room 1014. Furykov, himself a hidden expert, counts four attendees faking ignorance of Nen. The classroom is a chessboard from its first morning.

An unidentified user activates the ability Silent Majority inside Woble's quarters — the sealed-room killer has walked in through the front door with the students.

Four snakes drain Barrigen's blood in the same manner as the first night's five guards — disproving the theory that Woble's beast was responsible. Only the user and the possessed can see the ability's marionette; if it deactivates without killing, the curse rebounds on its user.

The royal army takes Loberry on suspicion of killing Barrigen, and the ship's supreme court sends an investigator to Room 1010 to probe Queen Seiko as an accomplice. The wrong people pay for the snake killings first.

Kurapika confirms with the pendulum that neither Bill nor Shimano is the assassin in Room 1014, and plans to test the class attendees when he can. He also entertains a structural thought: if one prince withdrew, the beasts' contract might break entirely.

Three of Furykov's four 'ringers' turn out not to know they can use Nen: Loberry was initiated by Silent Majority's manipulation, Shedule and Yuhirai by Halkenburg's beast, which left feather marks and revised its victims' memories. The fourth ringer — a real expert hiding in plain sight — remains unfound.

Tserriednich's guard Myuhan becomes the snake ability's next victim. Danjin reports it to the Fourth Prince, who theorizes the Nen classes themselves might be Kurapika's manipulation condition — and demands proof of innocence when the course ends.