Although the training ground is a hundred meters underground, Yamabuki has a strong sense of perception and immediately felt that someone was coming to his door, so he could only go up and greet the guest first.
As soon as he entered the room, he heard a knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw two members of the 11th Division.
"What happened? Why are you looking for me in the middle of the night?" Yamabuki frowned. It must be no good thing for them to come to see him at this time.
The two team members were about to speak when they noticed something was wrong.
Why is the chief of staff sweating profusely? And his breathing is a little heavy? How can he be so tired in the middle of the night?
Wait, I heard that the Chief of Staff and Captain Unohana live together. Does that mean...
Suddenly, the two team members looked at Yamabuki with very ambiguous eyes.
Yamabuki didn't notice their reaction and asked again. "Why are you hesitating? Why don't you speak quickly? Is there something wrong?"
"Yes, yes, yes. There's a murder case. A high-ranking noble was killed at home. The captain general has already rushed over and asked us to call you over. It would be better to call the captain too... ahem... but if it's not convenient for the captain, she doesn't have to go." The two team members glanced around just in case their captain came at them with her sword drawn.
It's normal for a single man and a single woman to get irritated when they were disturned while during their time being passionate about each other. We are all adults.
"Why call her? She's not Sherlock Holmes. Let's go!" Yamabuki put on his clothes, took his Zanpakutō, and followed the two team members out. When he reached the door, he shouted into the room, "Something happened in the team. I'm going to check it out. Don't run around at home. Lock the door. Don't open the door if a stranger knocks. Wait for me to come back."
"Um."
Unohana's voice came from deep in the room.
The two team members winked at each other and leaned over to whisper, "Chief of Staff, when are we going to drink?"
"Drinking??? What kind of drinking? Didn't you say you had important matters to deal with? Why don't you take me there quickly? All you think about is eating, drinking, and having fun all day long! Can you be a little more motivated? Alas, I've been worrying about this family!" Yamabuki sighed.
"Ahem!"
Both team members used coughing to cover up their embarrassment. Well, although the chief of staff had a high position, he was still a teenager after all. This kind of thing was inevitably embarrassing, and it was better not to say it out loud. Otherwise, with the personalities of these two lunatics, it would not be surprising that they would be killed to silence them.
The three of them came to the Yamatake house.
At first, Yamabuki thought that the upper-class nobles lived a good life, but when he entered the yard, he found that there were weeds everywhere and no one had taken care of it for a long time. Most of the furniture was sold by Yamatake Chiaki in exchange for wine, and some of it went to gamble.
In short, life at home was very difficult.
I didn't expect that a high-ranking noble would end up in such a miserable state.
But think about it, the Shiba family will be eliminated from the ranks of the five major families in the future, and it is normal for an ordinary upper-class noble to decline.
The captain-general and other captains have arrived, and Chika is examining the body.
"The impact is extremely bad. Someone actually dared to do such a thing under the nose of the Gotei 13! The real culprit must be severely punished." The captain general said coldly.
It is enough that the Gotei 13 is the only one that can kill people in the Soul Society. As for other people killing people... that is illegal.
"Yamabuki, what do you think?" Yamamoto instinctively looked at Yamabuki. This was a habit he had developed. Whenever there was a problem he couldn't solve, he would push it to Yamabuki. Isn't this what a chief of staff does?
Yamabuki carefully examined the body and found three penetrating wounds on the body, one on the left calf, one on the throat, and one between the eyebrows. The hidden weapon used by the enemy was a 20-centimeter-long steel spike.
"The murderer must be an expert." Yamabuki pointed at the wound on the dead man's throat and said, "Look at this wound. The neck was clearly pierced, but only the vocal cords were damaged, so the dead man couldn't make a sound to ask for help. This control of strength is quite terrifying. Except for Uncle Izuhara and Unohana, other captains can't do this."
Yamabuki didn't mean that the killer's strength was superior to that of the captains, but that everyone's paths of cultivation were different.
Batsu'unsai, Zenjōji, and Saito all took the destructive power routes.
The killer was obviously a skilled expert.
This ability to control strength is difficult to achieve even for Yamabuki himself.
"Are there any witnesses? Is there only one person from such a big family?" asked Yamabuki.
"No, the deceased had a younger sister. The little girl saw her brother being killed with her own eyes. And according to her description, the murderer appeared behind her. She even heard the murderer's voice. The murderer also said that he would come to take the little girl's life in a few days." Chika said.
Yamabuki immediately called the little girl over.
According to the introduction, the little girl's name is Yamatake Chiyo, and she is now the last member of the Yamatake family.
Accompanied by the female team members, Chiyo-chan came over timidly.
Yamabuki rubbed the little girl's head, trying to comfort her, but being good at observing people's expressions, he soon discovered something was wrong.
"Chōjirō." Yamabuki suddenly called out, "Tell me, if Hanako died one day, would you be sad?"
Chōjirō didn't know why Yamabuki asked him this question, so he nodded and said, "Of course."
The two siblings have depended on each other since childhood and have a deep affection for each other.
But...
In Chiyo-chan's eyes, there was only fear, but not even a trace of sadness for losing her loved ones. This is very unreasonable!
Logically speaking, a teenage girl might do something irrational after seeing her brother, whom she depended on for everything, die.
But... this girl is too rational and abnormally calm.
"Chiyo-chan, right? Don't be afraid, I'll just ask a few simple questions. How is your relationship as brother and sister?" Yamabuki asked with a smile.
Chiyo-chan hesitated for a moment and replied quietly, "Although my brother is not very kind to me, he still takes care of me."
In other words, the relationship between the brother and sister is not very good.
Could it be that...
Yamabuki looked at Chiyo-chan with suspicion. Could it be that this girl...
Suddenly, Yamabuki's eyes went dark, and two fingers poked hard into his eye sockets!
"Ah!! My eyes!!"
Saito snorted coldly and retracted her finger. "What are you looking at, Chiyo-chan, with such eyes? She's already very pitiful after losing her brother, okay? Are you having a Lolita complex? How disgusting!"
"You are the Lolita complex! Your whole family has a Lolita complex! As a detective, I have to use my wisdom to distinguish right from wrong. You actually dared to hurt my eyes. What's the difference between this and hurting my whole career?"
This sounds strange, but if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with it.
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