The people's resentment and fury gradually dissipated amid the flying stones and the corpses smashed into heaps of mangled flesh.
On the other side, Asano Kiyoshi stood atop Sōkyoku Hill, watching the crowd slowly calm down. He let out a sigh, then turned to look at Kuchiki Ginrei once more.
Looking at the old man, whose expression remained unchanged, Asano Kiyoshi said nothing more. He merely pointed at Yoshida Tomoya, lying not far away like a corpse, and asked:
"May we now begin the trial concerning Yoshida Tomoya's crimes?"
Hearing Asano Kiyoshi's question, Kuchiki Ginrei nodded. He then cleared his throat and slowly addressed the Reishi Image floating in the air.
"Now, we shall begin Yoshida Tomoya's trial concerning the Bakuyō Sword! To ensure that the proceedings are sufficiently transparent and just, the first preliminary hearing will once again be conducted before all the people. Follow-up reports on the case will be published simultaneously through the Seireitei Bulletin."
"Now, begin the interrogation of Yoshida Tomoya!"
As Kuchiki Ginrei's words fell, two members wrapped from head to toe in tight coverings immediately stepped out from the Execution Force at the side and injected Yoshida Tomoya with two doses of medicine bearing the Research and Development Department's insignia.
After the scarlet liquid was injected into Yoshida Tomoya's body, Asano Kiyoshi could clearly sense that the intensity of spiritual pressure coming from him had dropped sharply.
If Yoshida Tomoya, empowered by the Bakuyō Sword, had previously possessed strength close to that of an ordinary captain, then now he was barely even a match for a Fifth Seat.
Moreover, as time passed, the intensity of Yoshida Tomoya's spiritual pressure continued to weaken.
Looking at the medicine in the hands of the two Execution Force members, Asano Kiyoshi could not help glancing at Mayuri Kurotsuchi,