Chapter 97

Principles of Battle is the ninety-seventh chapter of the Black Cat manga and the fourth chapter of Volume 11.

Plot
Lin Shaolee arrives at Belze Rochefort's office to give him his findings on the location of the Apostles of the Stars. Lin then ask if it is true that Baldorias S. Fanghini and Kranz Maduke are indeed in Stock town. Belze confirms this, but states that he did not order them to do so and explains that these two will do anything to kill their enemy, even burn the streets.

At the hotel in Stock town, Baldor is not entirely convinced that the child before him is the traitor, Train Heartnet, and does not care about his identity, only interested in eliminating the former Apostle. For that, they will be destroyed. With his weapon, Heimdall, he destroys the room again before throwing it at Kyoko Kirisaki. Train however, to deflect the blow before it could smash Kyoko's head. Witnessing such prowess, Baldor is finally convinced that this child is really Train Heartnet.