With the suicides of Kujou Takayuki and his eldest son, Kujou Masato, the Tenryou Commission case—and the matter of how to deal with the Kujou clan—came to an end. After all, the dead were gone, and Raiden Ei would not pursue their responsibility after death. Others might not have received such treatment, but the Kujou clan had helped the Twin Raiden establish Inazuma in the first place. Their family had endured in Inazuma for thousands of years.
"Kazuha, huh."
Given Kujou Takayuki and Kujou Masato's standing, they had not needed to commit suicide. Their crimes had been severe, but Raiden Ei remembered the Kujou clan's past service and would not have killed them. Yet unexpectedly, a certain detective later produced considerable evidence of their crimes, including murder to silence witnesses, with the proof conclusive.
That made things troublesome. Some matters could be ignored if they remained undisclosed, but once they were made public with evidence attached, it became a different matter. Takayuki could still claim that the Tenryou Commission's actions—such as killing innocents to claim military merit—had been carried out by his subordinates without his knowledge. Such situations did exist.
But murder, especially murder apparently committed with his own hands, was different. Even Raiden Ei could not openly favor them in that situation. Their suicides saved her a great deal of trouble. From that perspective, Kujou Takayuki's loyalty to the Shogun had not been an issue at all.
That brought up a certain detective. His timing had been the final straw that broke the camel's back. Judging from the evidence, he had likely begun gathering proof of the Kujou clan's crimes long ago. The reason he only revealed it now was simple: Kujou Takayuki's former position had been too high. If he had presented the evidence earlier, let alone brought