The two successive assassination attempts plunged the Seireitei, which had only just regained its peace, into another bout of turmoil.
In the rigidly hierarchical Soul Society, any act detrimental to the nobility was met with severe punishment. Much less an assassination targeting the great noble Tsunayashiro directly—and one launched against the Four Great Noble Houses simultaneously at the Golden Seal Council.
The severity of the case immediately made it the Seireitei's number one case, with Central 46 overseeing it directly. The entire Seireitei had nearly been turned upside down.
However, ever since the assassination attempt at the Golden Seal Council, the mysterious killer seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving behind not the slightest trace.
One...