A week later.
Under Head Captain Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's personal oversight, the special investigation team jointly formed by multiple departments made rapid progress in its investigation of the Tsukihito Tsunayashiro incident.
Or rather, with the Tsunayashiro Clan eager to distance itself from the matter, actively "cooperating" and even "exposing" him, the investigation encountered almost no meaningful resistance.
Not only was the chain of evidence in the attack on Liu Chuan swiftly completed, but Tsukihito Tsunayashiro's other crimes, both major and minor, committed in the past through abuse of authority and the support of his clan—
were also voluntarily brought to light by the Tsunayashiro Clan in an act of "righteousness over family," adding to the case file.
The Tsunayashiro Clan's intentions were obvious: to nail Tsukihito Tsunayashiro firmly to the pillar of shame as "the disgrace of the clan, acting alone."
They would use his long list of crimes to prove the clan's "complete ignorance" and its resolve to "clean house."
Today was the day of final judgment, to be held in the underground trial hall of the Central 46 Chambers.
Before dawn had even broken, a dark mass of people had already gathered outside the Central 46 Chambers.
There were not only ordinary members from the various divisions and curious Soul Reapers, but even some members of noble branch families.
They had arrived early to claim favorable spots, standing on tiptoe and whispering among themselves. Their faces held a mixture of excitement, curiosity, and utterly undisguised... gossip-hungry fascination.
Tsukihito Tsunayashiro—a Sage of the Central 46 Chambers and a member of the Tsunayashiro Clan, one of the Five Great Noble Houses—had actually become a prisoner for attacking a member of Zero Division, and would stand trial here today!
This was undoubtedly a huge story, a massive scandal rarely seen in