Zhang Lei Hui Guo Rou

"We're siblings. We're not in conflict of our own desire." — Zhang Lei Hui Guo Rou to Kurapika, in "Choice"

Zhang Lei Hui Guo Rou
Kana	チョウライ=ホイコーロ
Rōmaji	Chōrai Hoikōro
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 349
Characteristics
Gender	Male
State	Alive
General Status
Affiliation	Kakin Empire Xi-Yu Family
Occupation	3rd Prince of the Kakin Empire
Relatives	Nasubi Hui Guo Rou (Father) Tang Zhao Li Hui Guo Rou (Mother) Onior Longbao (Half-Uncle) Brocco Li (Half-Uncle) Benjamin Hui Guo Rou (Half-Brother) Camilla Hui Guo Rou (Half-Sister) Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou (Half-Brother) Tubeppa Hui Guo Rou (Half-Sister) Tyson Hui Guo Rou (Half-Sister) Luzurus Hui Guo Rou (Half-Brother) Salé-salé Hui Guo Rou (Half-Brother) Halkenburg Hui Guo Rou (Half-Brother) Kacho Hui Guo Rou (Half-Sister) Fugetsu Hui Guo Rou (Half-Sister) Momoze Hui Guo Rou (Half-Sister) Marayam Hui Guo Rou (Half-Brother) Woble Hui Guo Rou (Half-Sister) Morena Prudo (Half-Sister)

Zhang Lei Hui Guo Rou (チョウライ=ホイコーロ, Chōrai Hoikōro) is the Third Prince of the Kakin Empire and the son of his father's third wife, Tang Zhao Li. He is currently in alliance with the Xi-Yu Family, one of the three great Mafia families in Kakin's underworld.

Appearance

Zhang Lei's appearance

Zhang Lei is a short, bald man with squarish slanted eyes and bags under them. His appearance resembles that of a Chinese monk. He appears to have no eyebrows, with lines departing from the bridge of his nose arching over his eyes. Above each of them are three dark dots in a column, with the biggest at the base. He has a dark pencil mustache, a very square chin, and elongated earlobes.

Personality

In Tubeppa's opinion, he takes pleasure in luxury and excess. According to Shimano he is tolerant and generous enough to start a negotiation, implying that he is a diplomatic man. He seems to be a pacifist to some degree as he avoids killing but does not hesitate in the slightest if it comes down to it. He can also be kind and cruel at the same time.

Despite his diplomatic attitude, he has no qualm allying himself with the Mafia to gain more muscles for the Succession War.

His guardian beast resembles the dharmachakra (☸), so far it is the least threatening and obscene-looking Guardian Spirit Beast.

Plot

Succession Contest arc

The Princes and Beyond partake in the opening ceremony

Zhang Lei participates to the ceremony on the eve of the beginning of the expedition and boards the ship, thinking he will win the Succession War while saluting the cheering crowd. He also takes part in a formal event. Like the rest of his family, he resides in the 1^st deck of the Black Whale 1. During the party, his Guardian Spirit Beast is revealed.

Sometime during the ceremony, Zhang Lei asks his father about the conditions for becoming king. Nasubi answers his question by simply saying that the one sole survivor will be the official successor of the throne. He finds out about what happened to Prince Woble's bodyguards and that only two of them are still alive. Zhang Lei finds it absurd that someone would go after the baby first of all princes. He concludes that whoever wiped them out would've killed their own as well in order to avoid any suspicion since the bodyguards that were assigned to the 14^th Prince all belonged to other queens. After that, one of his men informs him about the Guardian Spirit Beasts.

He later surmises that Prince Benjamin has sent the bodyguards to spy on all the other princes after Kurapika's announcement regarding the beasts. Zhang Lei thinks that is the best time to learn about the Guardian Spirit Beasts. Zhang Lei is one of three Princes to try and get in contact with Kurapika and is the one that Kurapika talks with first due to Shimano's tampering. Zhang Lei compliments Kurapika for choosing him over Benjamin, after a brief discussion Zhang Lei gets to the point about wanting information about Nen and gives him permission to enter his room. Kurapika accepts the invitation on the condition that Oito and Woble can come along as well to which Zhang Lei accepts.

When Shimano is asked why Zhang Lei was connected first instead of Benjamin, Shimano answers that she wanted to ensure her own safety because of her fear of Benjamin and because she views Zhang Lei as kind yet cruel, but they could use that to their advantage if they're careful.

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Zhang Lei welcomes his guests

Arriving in Zhang Lei's room, he welcomes Kurapika and Queen Oito and offers them a bottled water. Jumping into things Kurapika explains a little information about Nen and Zhang Lei surmises that's what the emergency announcement earlier was about. Kurapika then states that the information he has may affect the outcome of the Succession War. Zhang Lei inquires if where they are now is an appropriate place, as Coventoba, a soldier for Benjamin, and Slakka, a spy for Queen Duazul, each stand on either side of him. Although Prince Zhang Lei doesn't mind continuing the conversation, he realizes that Kurapika has also been contacted by Prince Benjamin and Prince Tubeppa and an appointment as well afterwards. So the meeting is cut short and since Prince Woble lacks manpower due to a Spirit Beast attack, Prince Zhang Lei offers his bodyguards Sakata and Hashito to help guard them until the time of the next dinner banquet.

Zhang Lei agrees to send his bodyguards to learn Nen under Kurapika. He sends his bodyguard Tenftory who is ordered by the Prince to take note who makes contact with Kurapika.

The following day, while Zhang Lei is having dinner, a coin drops to the floor. He initially believes it to belong to one of his bodyguards, but they tell him it just appeared out of thin air. Coventoba picks it up and hands it to the prince, who examines it, without telling him it was the work of his Guardian Spirit Beast, which had also produced a coin, currently in the soldier's pocket, the day before.

In the morning, another coin drops. Coventoba explains to Zhang Lei that conjured objects either replicate the functions of their physical counterparts or are endowed with supernatural abilities. Since no coin like those seems to exist, he surmises it serves as a catalyst for a supernatural effect once certain conditions are met, which leads the prince to comment that Coventoba does not know anything about it.

Zhang Lei's Employees

     Active/Alive •      Deceased •      Former/Arrested •      Status Unknown

 Royalty  •  Personal Guards  •  Hunters  •  Spies  •  Allies  •  Servants 

Royal Family
3rd Prince				3rd Queen
Zhang Lei Hui Guo Rou				Tang Zhao Li Hui Guo Rou
Prince Zhang Lei's Employees
Captain?	→14P	→14P		?
???	Sakata	Hashito	Tenftory	???
?	?	?	?
???	???	???	???	???
1Q→1P	2Q→14P
???	Slakka	???	???	???
.
???	???	???	???	???
Replacements
1P→
Coventoba

Legend of Symbols
Symbol	Meaning	Example	Meaning
P	prince	1P	The 1st Prince.
Q	queen	5Q	The 5th Queen.
...→	sent by	1Q→	X is sent by the 1st Queen.
→...	sent to	→14P	X is sent to the 14th Prince.
...→...	reassigned to	2Q→14P	X is reassigned by the 2nd Queen to the 14th Prince.
→...→...	was assigned to one or more princes	→8P→11P	X was assigned to the 8th and 11th Princes.
♰	in charge of a prince's curse	4P♰	The guard is in charge of the 4th Prince's curse.
♰	formerly in charge of a prince's curse	12P♰	The guard is formerly in charge of the 12th Prince's curse.
*	Information found in Togashi's notes from "Jump Ryu! Vol. 21" interview	1Q*→	The guard's affiliation is revealed in the notes.
		Servant*	The employee's position is revealed in the notes.
		[name]*	The employee's name is revealed in the notes.
?	Placeholder (might hold another position)	Captain?	The employee might not be the captain or a personal guard.
		?	The employee might not be a personal guard.
		2Q?→	The employee might have been sent by another queen.
⇄	Placeholder (might have initially belonged to either Prince Momoze or Prince Marayam)	This particular issue arose when their mother Queen Sevanti sent all of Momoze's Hunters and servants to Marayam. Since we only got to see 4/5 of Momoze's Hunters and 2/3 of her servants by that time, we can't say for certain which prince the marked characters initially belonged to.

Abilities & Powers

Being one of the eldest princes, Zhang Lei possesses significant political influences and assets to help him win the throne.

Guardian Spirit Beast

Zhang Lei's Guardian Spirit Beast

Like the rest of his siblings, Zhang Lei received an egg from which a Guardian Spirit Beast, a type of Nen beast, hatched to protect him. Since it is a parasitic-type ability, he has no control over it. The Guardian Spirit Beast is subjected to two rule-like instincts: it is unable to fight other Guardian Spirit Beasts as well as to directly attack the host of one. It is a Conjurer with the compound type ability to produce a coin from its mouth every day. The owner of a coin will gain various abilities after fulfilling certain conditions.

Trivia

• The flowering plant motif/image present in the coins conjured and spit by Zhang Lei's Guardian Spirit Beast is of the Houttuynia cordata, a plant native to Japan, Korea, southern China, and Southeast Asia, that grows in moist, shady places, and is known by many names; e.g. in Chinese it is called yúxīng cǎo (鱼腥草; 魚腥草, "fishy-smell herb") and in Japanese dokudami (蕺草, "poison blocking plant"). This plant has some culinary uses and is even used in traditional Chinese medicine for pneumonia. Pharmacologically, its reported properties and activities include: anti-mutagenic, anti-cancer, anti-oxidant, adjuvanticity, anti-obesity, hepatoprotective, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, free radical scavenging, anti-allergic, and anti-leukemic (among others). Notoriously, it's also an extremely alien and highly invasive weed species in many places, very difficult or nearly impossible to eradicate, spreading quickly and making it difficult to plant anything of value near it.

Translations around the World

Language		Name
French		Chourai Hoicoro
Korean		장레이 호이코오로 (Janglei Hoikolo)