The second deceased man's name was copied onto a separate sheet of white paper.
It was an ordinary name.
He had not been a full member of Root while alive, either.
In the archives, he was merely an auxiliary clerk responsible for collecting old seals and checking temporary forms.
If not for this review, no one would have paid any attention to a man who had been dead for years.
But now, his name appeared in the confirmation field for the destruction of old seals.
His date of death, however, was half a month before the confirmation date.
Che laid the two records side by side.
The first deceased man appeared in the records for collecting sealing wax.
The second appeared in the confirmation for destroying old seals.
They were not the same person.
Nor were the incidents the same.
But the methods were far too similar.
The dead continued to move through procedures.
The dead continued to provide legitimacy on paper.
The dead continued to shield the living from responsibility.
A chill crept down Uchiha Jun's back as he read.
"This isn't just one mistake."
"No."
Che's voice was very low.
"This is a method they use across the board."
Gen did not immediately draw a conclusion.
He had Che continue breaking it down.
The source of the death records.
The dates of procedural activity.
The placement of the signatures.
The corresponding old seal numbers.
Whether there was a recipient.
Once each item was examined separately, the problem became clearer.
Both dead men appeared at critical procedural stages.
One made an irregular collection of sealing wax look normal.
The other made an old seal destruction record look complete.
Neither had been a key figure.
Yet both had been entered in precisely the places where someone was most needed to