User blog comment:Martialmaniac/Illumi's necromancy/@comment-4828844-20151021095057/@comment-5780397-20151021114548

I was wondering what should be our official position. I too thought we could give fro granted that the Ten Dons had been killed and controlled, considering also that thei rneedles are different from the ones used to create Needlemen. Not that we think about it, Hishita showed the same "symptoms" (needles) as the Ten Dons, and he was able to speak, much like them, so he is probably deceased, too. Do I have your authorisation to add it to the list of Illumi's Hatsu abilities? What should I call it?

The only reason why I think Illumi might have not killed the Ten Dons would be not to let them dig too much into the Troupe's past and convince everyone that they are dead, but the other way is more likely.