Tachibana Masamune's body was discovered the next day.
Since the strike and resignations were cancelled, Genji Heavy Industries' working hours did not change the next day.
Early in the morning, after opening the door, the social beasts pouring into the hall noticed something was wrong.
As soon as they entered the door, they smelled the faint smell of blood.
Just the smell of blood is nothing.
Although many civilian employees of Genji Heavy Industries have never experienced any life-or-death battles, they still witnessed mountains of corpses and seas of blood when the Deadpools attacked yesterday.
The simple smell of blood is even a bit familiar to them.
At first, they thought it was because the cleaning department didn't clean up yesterday.
At this time, a female staff member rubbed her eyes sleepily and subconsciously raised her gaze to the height of the ceiling in the hall.
Then, she saw, on the huge pillar facing the gate, at a height of about seven or eight meters, there was the figure of an old man in black kimono standing in the air with his head hanging down.
A closer look revealed that the old man was not suspended in the air, but was nailed to a pillar with a long sword with a white hilt pierced through his chest.
Red and black blood gurgled out and dried on the pillar, forming a twisted pattern.
"ah--!"
Accompanied by a high-pitched female scream.
The social animals who were cleared of sleepiness looked over one after another, and then they all noticed the figure of the old man nailed to the pillar.
The case of murder is nothing, but if you dare to hang the body on the pillar of Genji Heavy Industries, it is a naked provocation.
While everyone was watching in fear, anger, or indifference, someone suddenly felt doubtful.
"Does the style of this dress seem a bit familiar?"
One word awakens the dreamer.
Although the kimono is a traditional Japanese dress, when working in the club, you are still required to wear formal attire, that is, a suit.
Within Genji Heavy Industries, even the top management generally follows the system of large companies. Not many people can wear kimonos on weekdays, but such an iconic kimono is very impressive to everyone.
Not only because the owner of the kimono often inspects Genji Heavy Industries, but also because most of them just saw this person yesterday.
"Could it be..."
Thinking of an explosive possibility, many people suddenly swallowed their saliva.
Then, those with sharp eyes boldly approached and looked up from below, and immediately recognized the familiar face.
"It's the patriarch! The patriarch has been killed!"
This call immediately caused massive chaos.
Although Nagatachibana Masamune, the head of the eight Sheqi families, abdicated yesterday, there are indeed many people who support him due to his prestige.
Even people who have no feelings for high-level bosses find it difficult to remain calm under the news in front of them. Even the patriarch who abdicated was the former leader of the Sheqi family, not to mention that even if he abdicated, he would still be the head of the Tachibana family.
Who has the courage to take action against everyone’s parents?
Who has the strength to surpass the bodyguards of everyone?
However, in the face of the iron-clad facts, all doubts disappeared, especially when someone discovered that the ring symbolizing the head of the Tachibana family hanging on Masamune Tachibana's waist, no one had any doubts.
This explosive news spread rapidly.
By the time people from the Executive Bureau came to seal off the scene, the news had spread throughout the entire Sheqi family.
In full view of the public, Tachibana Masamune died uncontrollably.
Obviously, this way of death cannot be resurrected.
Within a few minutes, Yuan Zhisheng's figure appeared on the scene.
"Young Master, everyone was killed around three or four o'clock in the morning yesterday. The enemy's movements were very clean and he was killed with one blow."
As soon as he arrived, the staff's report made him dizzy.
He thought he would hear news about rescue operations, but he didn't expect to hear news about an autopsy.
Tachibana Masamune is dead, and the man who is equivalent to his father is gone.
Looking past the staff, he had already seen Tachibana Masamune's body. His body trembled violently and he almost fell to the ground.
It was completely different from the calm situation three days ago. In these three days, unexpected things happened one after another, which made him overwhelmed and extremely tired to cope with it.
Seeing Yuan Zhisheng's pale face, Sakura quietly stepped forward to support him, and then asked the staff on behalf of Yuan Zhisheng, who was temporarily speechless.
"Where was everyone killed? Where was the first scene? Where were the bodyguards at the time? Are there any clues about the murderer?"
Although Tachibana Masamune was removed from the patriarchal authority, his bodyguard team was not withdrawn.
With the guards around him, if anyone wanted to take action against him, they would at least leave traces of Yanling.
Through these traces, the list of suspects can be reduced to a considerable extent.
Sakura's inquiry was very professional and efficient. After hearing this, Minamoto Zhisheng also looked over, wanting to know who had taken action against Tachibana Masamune.
However--
"The report has not been found out yet."
The staff member said with a look of shame.
"According to the investigation, our parents did not have bodyguards accompanying them at that time, but chose to travel alone. The bodyguards did not know what happened."
Hearing this, Sakura frowned slightly.
"Why are you traveling alone? Are you sure the guards' words are reliable?"
Except for some confidential facilities where it is not suitable to carry bodyguards, at other times, especially when going out, escorts are standard.
This system is still the one Tachibana Masamune thought of, specifically to protect the safety of the family heads and prevent attacks by ferocious ghosts. As the founder, how could Tachibana Masamune travel alone? Especially at this sensitive time.
"Confirmed and reliable."
The staff nodded immediately.
"According to reports from the escort team, everyone often leaves the escort team to act alone. This is not the first time they have done this, so they don't have much defense."
To put it bluntly, the escorts are just bodyguards who obey orders. They really dare not disobey Masamune Tachibana's orders.
As for what Tachibana Masamune was going to do when he left them, that is a secret of the big shots and is not something they should know.
"Kaguya didn't investigate any clues either?"
Sakura continued to frown and asked.
Japan doesn't have many surveillance equipment, but as long as you don't avoid it deliberately, there should be some traces.
"No."
The staff shook their heads.
"When everyone left, he deliberately avoided the area that could be monitored, so he couldn't find out where he went."
"..."
Only then did Sakura understand why she couldn't find any clues.
Most of the reason lies in Tachibana Masamune himself.
It was obvious from the current situation that Masamune Tachibana wanted to do something, so he left the escort team, avoided Kaguya's surveillance range, eliminated all clues that could find him, and went to a secret place alone.
Then, he was killed.
It is unclear whether the person who killed him was someone who met him or simply followed him.
After all, they haven't even found the first scene yet.
besides.
"Although our elder was once an elite member of the executive department, in his current state, there are many people who can kill him with one blow."
Sakura judged this.
If he defeated the escort and then attacked Tachibana Masamune, that would delineate the attacker's strength range.
It's a pity that Tachibana Masamune is already old and his bloodline is not very strong. Not to mention that he had his hands cut off in apology before, so he is completely unable to hold weapons. Unarmed, he may not even be able to defeat ordinary people with weapons.
Looking at it this way, the scope of suspects is a bit too broad. Whether it is the Sheqi Eight Family or the Menggui Zhong, there are many who can kill Tachibana Masamune in this state alone.
"But the person who can send everyone back here without Kaguya noticing must be very skilled."
Sakura judged this.
The enemy deliberately hung Tachibana Masamune's body on a pillar to attract everyone's attention. It is possible that the two sides had a grudge.
Trace identification did not detect any tools such as ladders, indicating that the enemy really hung Tachibana Masamune up out of thin air.
There are not many people who can do this.
"yes!"
Hearing this, the staff was shocked and nodded immediately.
He originally thought that the wound on Tachibana Masamune's hand was caused by the murderer, and he was still a little confused about the time difference, but according to Sakura, all the parents' fingers had been cut off before this?
What crime did he commit to deserve such a severe punishment?
Thinking that the patriarch was killed just after abdicating the throne, the staff took a look at Yuan Zhisheng and felt that the case was complicated and confusing, and that they seemed to be involved in some serious struggle.
After the report, the staff immediately left.
Yuan Zhisheng half-knelt down in front of Tachibana Masamune's body and held Tachibana Masamune's mutilated palm.
He was naturally very familiar with the wounds he had cut with his own hands.
Looking at the injuries that caused Tachibana Masamune to be unable to resist, he couldn't help but think that if he had not imposed such a punishment on Tachibana Masamune, or left a palm for Tachibana Masamune, would Tachibana Masamune have the ability to resist, and he would not be like this
Killed?
"Little Lord……"
Sakura looked at Yuan Zhisheng worriedly.
"If you investigate through the spirit spirit, you should be able to find clues. Don't be too sad."
If you want to hang Tachibana Masamune's body without using props, you must have used a word spirit. There are not many word spirits who can do this, so the investigation is not without clues.
After hearing what Sakura said, Yuan Zhisheng remained silent.
After a while, he stood up, and his expression became extremely cold, as if covered with an iron mask.
"Don't go to so much trouble, go find Eri Yi and ask her where Su Mo is."
Feeling the thunderous anger contained in Yuan Zhisheng's tone, Sakura was slightly startled.
"Young Master, do you think Su Mo did it?"
Although this possibility cannot be ruled out, is it too arbitrary to think this way?
and--
"Mr. Su Mo is the envoy of our headquarters after all. If there is no evidence, it would be inconvenient for the Sheqi family to fight against him now."
"Compared to Mr. Su Mo, aren't the suspicions of the Menggui people greater?"
In order to prevent Yuan Zhisheng from losing his mind, Sakura warned him from the side.
Now, the Sheqi family no longer puts all their efforts into a desperate situation and needs to reconsider their relationship with the academy headquarters.
As the envoy of the college headquarters, Su Mo's identity is very important and he is not someone who can be attacked at will.
Even if he is suspected of killing Tachibana Masamune, he is not someone that Yuan Zhisheng can arrest. According to the hierarchy of the college headquarters, only Angers is qualified to deal with Su Mo.
Moreover, even if it was Su Mo who assassinated Tachibana Masamune in order to eliminate the opposition, there was no need for him to hang out Tachibana Masamune's body, right?
This kind of naked provocation has no meaning other than intensifying conflicts. There is no personal enmity between Tachibana Masamune and Su Mo. It is hard for Sakura to imagine that Su Mo, who treats Eri so gently, would do such a thing.
Hearing Sakura's words, Yuan Zhisheng shook his head silently.
"Even if it's not him! It must be related to him!"
His tone was extremely strong.
Since Su Mo came over, outrageous things have happened one after another. Although there is no obvious evidence, Yuan Zhisheng can judge by intuition alone that Tachibana Masamune's death must be related to Su Mo.
In other words, very few things that happened to the Sheqi family these days had nothing to do with him.
As for the monsters, let alone whether they have the strength to transport the corpse to Genji Heavy Industries, even if they did, how could they possibly know where Tachibana Masamune would go?
Tachibana Masamune and the Menggui Zhong have nothing to do with each other!
Thinking of this, he looked at Sakura silently.
"Don't worry, as the head of the Yuan family, I will not rashly attack anyone from the academy headquarters."
"But if it is confirmed that it was his fault, after this incident, as Mr. Masamune's student, I also have the obligation to avenge him... Sakura, don't stop me."
With the character trained by Tachibana Masamune, Minamoto Chisheng will not undermine the righteousness or violate the interests of the family because of his personal feelings.
However, after he made a decision and the two parties completed the negotiation, it was time for him to take revenge in his private capacity.
Tachibana Masamune treated him like his own son, so how could he not avenge his father?
After hearing Yuan Zhisheng's words, Sakura originally wanted to persuade him to think twice before acting, but under his pleading eyes, the girl finally lowered her head and chose to compromise.
"……yes!"
She is a naive, obedient, beautiful girl who has no other choice.
"Thanks!"
Yuan Zhisheng nodded slightly, and then immediately gave instructions.
"After all the family heads arrive to pay tribute to Mr. Masamune, we will immediately convene all the family heads to hold a general meeting... Such a vicious incident happened just after the previous head of the family abdicated. It seems that many people are looking down on the family. After all, it is not enough to have a leaderless group. We must launch
New leader."
Hearing this, Sakura was shocked again.
"Young Master, what you are saying is that you are ready to take over the position of patriarch?"
Minamoto has always shown a lack of interest in power. Even after Masamune Tachibana resigned yesterday, he was in no rush to inherit the position of patriarch.
Unexpectedly, because of Tachibana Masamune's death, he suddenly became enlightened?
"Um."
Yuan Zhisheng nodded and did not deny Sakura's statement.
Looking at Tachibana Masamune's cooling body, he shook his head and said.
"Whether you want to help the family tide over difficulties or help Mr. Masamune get revenge, someone must take the initiative to step forward."
"I was too willful before and failed Mr. Masamune's teachings, but it's not too late to make up for it now. Whether it's family or revenge, I can't do anything without strength."
Sighing like this, for the first time in his life, this lazy turtle reached out to power.
This chapter has been completed!