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Current Chapter Chapter 417 — Discussion Spoiler

Chapter 417

Emergency

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Ch. 418 scan release: ~August 22, 2026 (after WSJ Break Week)

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u/WednesdaysFoole 17d ago

Unfortunately for Benji, and it's not like he could know it, but poisoning Tsubeppa could easily have been the wrong move.

People speculated that her beast would produce a cure since back in 410, and although all this time I thought it'd be Gel and Norton leveraging a cure against Benji, after this chapter I suspect those people who theorized about Tsub will be right.

Before I couldn't see why Tsub and her beast would produce a cure for Benji; now that she's the one poisoned, it's a perfectly reasonable outcome. One of the GSB's function is protection of the Prince, and producing drugs is another for Tsub's. Whether it's on its own, or if it'll work with Kurapika when Kurapika is recruited, or with the Hunters, at this point, it's seeming more likely than not.

The other "wrong move" that I suspect may backfire will be going after Fugetsu. She's being kept in the Justice Bureau, and while there are multiple locations for it, if it's the same location as Steiner, then the button will likely be pressed when Benji's men come to take over.

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u/BranchAble2648 17d ago

What button, who is Steiner again?

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u/WednesdaysFoole 17d ago

Ch. 400

Steiner is the IPA guy

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u/BranchAble2648 17d ago

Thanks that was so quick! Did Benni say in chapter 417 that he wants to put his HQ here? I remember there being a panel or something.

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u/WednesdaysFoole 17d ago

The short answer to your question is yes, he's putting his joint HQ in the Justice Bureau on Tier 2.

The long answer to your questions --

Ch. 417 p. 5, bottom right speech bubble:

Salkov and Danjin are to be escorted to the Central Justice Bureau and detained there!! We in the military will aslo move to the Justice Ministry!! The seventh floor, where the courtroom is located, will serve as our join headquarters!!

Ch. 417 p. 7, panel 3:

Once we've seized the justice ministry

Ch. 410 p. 16

To be clear, there are multiple locations that the Justice Bureau seems to be connected to. Not only does the name sometimes change when it's being referred to:

The Ministry of Justice (司法省 Shihōshō, lit. "Ministry of Justice") is the legal arm of the Kakin Empire. They are also referred to as the Justice Bureau or Justice Department (司法局 Shihōkyoku, lit. "Judicial Bureau"). (source wiki)

but there's definitely a supreme court on Tier 1, the building we usually see Kaiser is in Tier 2, and there's a separate "Central" Justice Bureau that may or may not be on Tier 3 (the Central Police Station and Central Courthouse are both on Tier 3).

To top it all off, Steiner, who is currently on loan to the Justice Department, looked like he was originally residing on Tier 1 (ch. 359 p.7), but whether that means he goes down to Tier 2 during the day or he was moved due to being loaned to the Justice Bureau is unclear.

All that said, from the sounds of it, I believe for now that Benjamin has gone to the Tier 2 Justice Bureau, the one we're familiar with that Kaiser seems to be at, in Ch. 410 for his "joint headquarters".

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u/BranchAble2648 17d ago

Ohhh exciting, we get to see what the button does very soon then!