Questions and Troubles

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Momoze told Ashton quite a different tale compared to what Camilla had told. The princess told him that three of their siblings had died quite quickly and that they weren't sure who did it.

She did say that they were suspecting Camilla, something that surprised most of the people in the room. One of them even interjected.

"Didn't she depart from the alliance to find the murderer by herself?" The naive Fugetsu seemed to finally get the courage to open her mouth.

But the rest of the people in the room didn't consider that a good reason to erase the suspicion on Camilla.

"That only makes her more suspicious silly!" Kacho was quick to reprimand her twin sister.

They knew that such an excuse only made her more suspicious. Camilla had likely thought so as well, and she is an intelligent woman.

This is why Halkenburg didn't quite understand her decision to depart from the alliance in such a suspicious manner. It painted a target on her back.

That really managed to put him on edge, as he didn't know what to expect from Camilla. But such a move wouldn't be something he expected from her.

Now, Halkenburg was silent, contemplating how Ashton could help them better their situation. He had already lost three of his siblings(Benjamin and Tserriednich don't count). He didn't want to lose any more of them.

Currently, the living princes were like sitting ducks. They also had no choice but to wait for the killer to make a move and hope that they were prepared enough for it.

So, he was hoping Ashton would be able to solve the situation without any more casualties.

__________ POV Ashton__________

"So that's the story you guys have?" I asked while looking around the room, most of them just nodded. Others didn't really react. Kurapika was just staring at me intently.

The interesting part about what she told me is that the soldiers were strengthened by a strange Nen. And I really doubt Camilla has more than that Post Mortem Hatsu.

So I guess there's only one explanation for that...

Only Momoze responded verbally. "Yes, as of now, that's all we have..." She said while slowly letting go of Ashton and going back to her seat.

She coughed a bit to regain her composure, her mother just stared at her with a raised eyebrow...

This is not really the time for romance tropes and pleasing the in-laws.

"I see... Have you guys considered the possibility of there being more than one killer?" It's the only logical conclusion I can come to. But who exactly would have the ability to strengthen people like that?

"A-Are you suggesting that more there are two killers? But, that would..." Kacho was the one that responded this time. She looked around the room with a bit of fear in her eyes.

"Don't be too quick to suspect those around you. Think logically for one second, who would be a more opportunistic fellow between the living princes?" I said, trying to calm the waters a bit.

My attempt worked, Kacho seemed to think for a bit before deciding on an answer.

"Tubeppa would be one such person... She left the alliance and went into hiding at around the same time as Camilla..." Tubeppa, huh? That Princess that worked as a scientist and had a manly physique...

"Well, I have good news for you all! First off, I have captured Camilla after she confessed to her crimes." My words seemed to surprise a lot of them.

"Well, the information she gave me is somewhat different from yours... She told me that Zhang Lei and Luzurus were the ones to start all of this by killing Tyson." Some of the people in the room looked quite displeased by this piece of information.

"That's preposterous! Luzurus would have never done something like that!" Surprisingly, Halkenburg was the one to intervene.

"Oh, don't worry, I didn't believe her at all. Especially after hearing some of the things you people have told me about." What they told me reminds me of the Nen Beast of one of their siblings.

"I believe some parts of what I was told. But I think that Luzurus was in fact, the first victim." I said while walking around a bit.

"But, the reports showed us that Tyson died first..." Said Momoze, while putting a hand on her chin. All three of the princes died at the same time, it was reported that they died at the same time.

It was said that all three of them were in the same room for some reason. They were presumably just meeting for a random reason.

"Those reports can easily be faked and their results can be altered. In the end, the only way this could've gone was if he died first..." I said while pacing around.

I really love solving mysteries. I wasn't expecting something this fun to be waiting for me on this ship.

"What makes you think that?" Asken Halkenburg with a steady tone.

"Well, if all of them were in one room, who would be the first target for the killer? Luzurus was the most physically able in that room. So the killer would've obviously gone for him."

Tyson was a horny dwarf and Zhang Lei was a short stick with dots on his head. Luzurus was by no means powerful, but he was also the only one of the three with a basic understanding of Nen.

Apparently, he had reluctantly learned it after his guards got rejected by Kurapika from becoming hunters and learning it for assassination.

And that was before I left for the dark continent, he must have improved a bit(even with his lack of drive). So, if the killer didn't instantly go for him, it wouldn't have been such a quiet assassination.

"So you're suggesting that the killer was either Tyson or Zhang Lei?" Momoze finally caught on, as she stared a bit at me.

"Well, I'm just suggesting it was Zhang Lei. Still is actually." The confusion was apparent.

"B-but we saw his body..." Said Halkenburg, he looked completely confused.

I just sighed and started my explanation.

"Only one of the Nen Beasts that you guys obtained seemed to have the ability to strengthen others, and that is Zhang Lei's," I said with a smile.

"Wait a minute! But the Nen Beasts from the Succession War have all vanished when you broke the Seed Urn!" The one to speak this time was Momoze's mother. I still haven't learned her name...

"Indeed, but it may not have gotten rid of the effects of said Nen Beasts on others. For example, if Momoze was to control someone right before I broke that Urn, the control might've executed Momoze's command before disappearing."

My explanation didn't really seem to get through them. Maybe I am not that great at explaining things...

"People that were already affected by the Nen beasts might have remained affected," I said with a blank face in the most simple of ways.

Suddenly, it seemed to click in for all of them at once. They finally started seeing things from my point of view.

And just like that, the mystery was solved... Maybe.

This is all a theory still, I have no way of knowing some of the things I said. They were just speculations.

But I do know a good way of learning the truth...

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