Amamiya Keiji has made an agreement with Lin Nan a long time ago that he will not take the initiative to contact him unless necessary, let alone come to the team leader room so recklessly.
Something big must have happened. Lin Nan suddenly felt bad. "When did he come? Where is he now?"
"We just walked less than half an hour. He told me a hidden place and said he would hide there temporarily and wait for you for an hour."
Ukitake led the way directly. The two of them walked around the gate of the temporary team building and walked towards the forest behind the team building.
After walking for about ten minutes, Amemiya's figure flashed out of the woods and whispered, "I'm here!"
Lin Nan looked around and confirmed that there was no one else on either side of the road. He quickly approached Ukitake and asked, "Why did you come here by yourself?"
Although Amemiya was also assigned to 8th Division, the place of work was at a station in the residential area. On weekdays, he and several college students who were assigned there were responsible for helping the regular team members with paperwork, running errands and delivering documents.
There is still some distance from where the team head room is stationed. In order to protect Amemiya's safety, Lin Nan usually skips work and pretends to go out to play and inquire about information.
Amamiya Keiji's face was pale, as if he hadn't recovered from the panic yet. "I found out what you asked me to ask about."
"Don't panic, talk slowly. What's going on?" Lin Nan patted Amemiya on the shoulder and comforted him.
Amemiya suddenly felt an inexplicable peace of mind, and his tone finally calmed down:
"Remember what I told you, people from Marechiyo Omaeda and Noble Rights Protection Association blocked your business for the second time, right?"
"Remember. Didn't you also get blown away when the dojo exploded?"
"It was that time. I accidentally overheard who was the person who instigated them to block you while they were chatting."
Ukitake asked subconsciously, "Who is it?"
"Tsunayashiro Tokinada."
Lin Nan thought for a moment, "Are you sure?"
Amemiya nodded. "I heard it clearly. It is indeed Tsunayashiro Tokinada's name."
Lin Nan looked at Amemiya: "If he really instigated it, then he must contact Marechiyo Omaeda and the others in advance before class.
This requires leaving the freshman group and then moving to the senior group to find Marechiyo Omaeda."
After saying that, Lin Nan glanced at Ukitake. Ukitake understood and recalled carefully:
"That day, I remember that before class, Tsunayashiro was not far from us and never left. He even chatted with us for a few words."
Amemiya couldn't help but also fell into thinking, "If he had not left the scene at that time... then maybe he had been contacted at an earlier time?"
"It is indeed possible. But..." Lin Nan gently touched his chin while recalling what Amemiya had mentioned to him.
"I remember you said that they caught up with the explosion just as they arrived at the entrance of the dojo?"
Amemiya nodded.
"That time period is still early before the end of get out of class. Not only do they have to wait for a long time after arriving, but they may also be discovered due to being exposed for too long.
If I discover their ambush and run away early, then all their efforts will be wasted. Therefore, the best time to arrive is within ten minutes before get out of class ends."
Lin Nan pursed his lips and glanced at Ukitake and Amemiya: "Although Noble Rights Protection Association are a bunch of trash, that's just in terms of combat capabilities. I don't think they are stupid enough to make such a low-level mistake."
Ukitake and Amemiya looked at each other and said in confusion, "But they did arrive early."
"That's right. Starting from the time they arrived, and calculating the distance from the freshmen group to the senior group, we can roughly deduce the time they set off - it should be around the time we are about to start the Kido training."
Lin Nan replayed the scene in his mind and deduced:
"That means they were not waiting for the end of get out of class that day, but were waiting for me to leave early."
Amamiya Keiji thought about it with a confused expression, but didn't understand.
Ukitake also fell into deep thought. After a moment, he suddenly said, "You mean, they knew that you would be selected to participate in Kido's sparring? They even judged in advance that you would lose?"
"Yes. As long as I have an accident during sparring, I will definitely leave the dojo and go to the medical center.
Even if something happens to my opponent, as the perpetrator, I will most likely follow him." Lin Nan's eyes seemed to have penetrated the mists of time and saw the scene of that day.
"The instigator thought that I would definitely appear outside the dojo at that time, so he notified Marechiyo Omaeda them. Otherwise, this time point cannot be explained."
As if to confirm his inference, Lin Nan stretched out his finger and tapped on his temple:
"If it was really Tsunayashiro who ordered Marechiyo Omaeda and the others in advance, then he had no way of predicting in advance that the teacher would be the first to call me on stage to participate in the sparring session.
The real culprit should be someone else."
Ukitake and Amemiya were thoughtful after listening. For a moment, Amemiya seemed to have thought of something and clapped his hands heavily, "Is the real murderer... Teacher Kido?"
Lin Nan shook his head:
"Impossible. He has many ways to deal with me, but it is impossible to mobilize Noble Rights Protection Association to do this kind of thing. Once exposed, his job will not be guaranteed.
Moreover, didn't you hear from the Noble Rights Protection Association's people that [Tsunayashiro Tokinada] instigated them to go there at that time?"
Amemiya frowned, obviously feeling a little dizzy.
"There is no way to determine the true identity of the murderer yet, but I think someone must have pretended to be Tsunayashiro." Lin Nan patted Amamiya Keiji on the shoulder.
"Thank you for taking the risk to tell me. However, you should be more careful when you go back this time, and don't take the risk to deliver news again. Wait until I take the initiative to find you.
Today's news may be the other party deliberately spreading false news to test you."
Amemiya was a little dazed. "Ah? Is there such an operation?"
Alas, Soul Society doesn't have spy dramas, so it's normal that you can't imagine it.
Lin Nan nodded seriously. "Go back as soon as possible while the moon is still there! Don't let anyone discover you are out."
The two watched Amemiya leave, and then quickly returned to the temporary team building.
"What do you think about what Amemiya said?" Lin Nan asked.
Ukitake pondered for a while and shook his head, "To be honest, I can't even figure out why you asked Amemiya to investigate and who instigated Noble Rights Protection Association to attack you."
Lin Nan smiled slightly, "Because after I found out that Asauchi was switched, they were the only ones who came forward to make trouble. And their excuses were so bad.
Why do you want to ask for Tsunayashiro's luxurious single dormitory? Haha, Tsunayashiro really wanted it, so he wouldn't have given it to me. What's more, everyone is in the same class, so he wouldn't tell me directly himself?"
He turned his head and looked at Ukitake: "Tell me, if you think about it this way, isn't the true purpose of the Noble Rights Protection Association a group of people a bit suspicious?
I think it's more like someone wants to mess with me, so I tested it with the Noble Rights Protection Association first."
Ukitake heard this and couldn't help but show a hint of worry. "Then the enemy is in the dark and you are in the open. Isn't it very dangerous?"
Lin Nan patted the handle of the knife at his waist. "When friends come, there is wine, when enemies come, there are long knives. Just adapt to the situation!"
At night, Lin Nan couldn't fall asleep. Today's experience was a bit chaotic, which made him feel upset.
After tossing and turning, he simply turned over and sat up, sinking his consciousness into the Playback Room space. Since he never succeeded in communicating with Zanpakuto, Jinzen and Shikai were unable to communicate.
At this point, even Katori can't help. Then you can only find a solution yourself.
The dark corridor under the moonlight appeared before my eyes again.
Lin Nan was about to open the door of Playback Room's room as usual, but he couldn't help but froze in place just after taking two steps.
In the dark corridor, the low thick fog clung to the ground, rolling gently, and was illuminated by the pale moonlight outside the window; at the same time, there was another weak light shining from the other side of the corridor, reflecting the small patch of dense fog in orange.
Lin Nan followed the faint beam of light and saw its source--
Immediately on the other side of Playback Room, the second door in this corridor was opened.