Board Thread:Manga Discussion/@comment-48285-20180127054945/@comment-48285-20180330180000

Chapter 380: Alarm is out and, despite not much happening, it was kind of an intense chapter.

So, Mizaistom gives a briefing of the situation to some military peoples and puts forth that one of the Princes is behind the killings. As everyone else gets all uppity about it, Mizai explains that if the culprit is one of the Princes, then they'll fabricate a story about somebody else (I have a guess about that situation even though we know that isn't really the case). He also says that it could be somebody who inferred their Prince's order; who believed that spilling a lot of blood would give their Prince an edge with supernatural powers or something. Mizai states that the real problem is that the killings will continue and mass panic will set in. Due to being understaffed in the lower decks, the ship will sink. He goes over his plan to prevent mass panic.

Meanwhile, at Cha-R headquarters, Wang shows Phinks, Nobunaga and Feitan the surveillance footage, which shows Luini trying to get in a room, but with it being locked, he goes out the way he came in. Nobunaga seems curious about the room and Wang asks if he wants to look inside. Nobunaga suspects he won't get in for free so he offers the head of Luini. Wang then introducesthe three Troupe members to "The Watch" (that's what I'm calling them). The leader of "The Watch" is apparently another fanboy of the Troupe and wonders if he can get their autograph.

Day 4, 10 AM. A broadcast is made on the P.A. System that everyone will be confined to their room until the "stowaway" is caught and that everyone should cooperate with the military investigation. At the Vista Area on the third deck, the military confronts a couple suspicious people: Illumi and Kalluto. Illumi is apparently a V2 and is offered to be escorted to the upper deck by the commanding officer in the squad. However, Illumi refuses because of "business" reasons. Mizai and Botobai show up and explain that Illumi is a Hunter. Mizai asks if the Spiers are on board and Illumi afiirms that they are all on board. After a little outburst from Kalluto, Ilumi declines further questions. Mizai says that if they registers their residence at the Central Police Station, they can stay on the third deck. He then starts to lead them towards said station. He wonders why the Spiders are on board, and if it is to get revenge on Kurapika. He debates on whether he should tell Kurapika, but someone comes up to him and whispers something to him. He leaves Illumi and Kalluto to Botobai and Ginta and heads to headquarters to meet with 11th Prince Fugetsu!

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So, my theory of what would the Hunter Association do if it turns out one of the Princes were behind the murders. Well, as Mizaistom said, they would find a "'true culprit' and sweep it under the rug." But what does that mean? Well, I think that they would find somebody that they know to be a murderer and pin it on them. We, as the audience, know that this scenario will not come because Miss Fifteenth Prince does not have the Royal immunity her siblings have. But, it's fun to think about such things.

Also, we're going on another hiatus, people. 10 seems to be the magic number these days, since that's how many they put in one volume. Oh well. Hopefully it returns in another five months and not in another five years.