In Soul Society, I just want to retire

"Excuse me! I will tell you the truth. However, I didn't expect that there would be a handsome guy like you in the General Staff. Would you like to stay for lunch before leaving? I'm a good cook, and my stir-fried pork is delicious." Yumiko had a faint smile on her face.

Mako Hirako felt a strong sense of disharmony.

A normal woman would be more or less panicked if her husband was put in prison, but a woman with an aristocratic background would most likely use her interpersonal relationships to find a way to rescue her husband from prison.

But this woman was so calm, as if she had anticipated all this.

He teased Mako Hirako slowly and calmly.

"The food in our general staff is pretty good, so we won't eat here. Inuda Ranpo said he was at home the night of the incident. Is this true? Remember, you must tell the truth. Perjury is a serious crime. Think it over carefully before you speak." asked Hirako Mako.

Yumiko took another puff of her pipe with satisfaction, then said calmly, "He was indeed at home that night. He never left from beginning to end."

Mako Hirako is actually very familiar with these little tricks of lying, because his parents were well-known swindlers in Rukongai in their early years, but later they hit a wall and gave up.

Later, Mako Hirako's mother taught him a lot. When people lie, there are always some facial micro-expressions that they cannot control.

Just like a man who is being questioned by his wife, he always likes to touch his nose or forehead with his hand when he tells a lie.

Many times he may not even realize it.

Mako Hirako noticed that the woman never looked at him, but kept glancing to the side.

Because the details of everyone's speech are different, although Mako Hirako had a vague feeling that there was something wrong with this woman, she had no way of confirming whether she was lying or not.

"Besides you two, is there a third person who can corroborate your testimony? If someone can prove that Inuda Ranpo did not leave this room at all that night, all the charges against him can be cleared, and you and your wife can be reunited." said Hirako Mako.

Yumiko raised a sneer of disdain at the corner of her mouth, and Hirako Mako's heart trembled slightly. This sneer was not directed at him. Instead, Yumiko was targeting her useless husband.

"I'm sorry, handsome boy, there were no guests that night, so there is no way to prove that what we said is true." When Yumiko said this, she couldn't help but glance to the left.

Mako Hirako couldn't help but follow the woman's gaze to the left. It was just an ordinary wardrobe.

"Oh! Okay, I understand. I'm very sorry to bother you." Hirako Mako said calmly, then stood up and prepared to leave.

"Handsome boy, come and play again if you have time." Yumiko waved enthusiastically.

Just as Mako Hirako walked to the door, she suddenly realized the look in the woman's eyes.

Yumiko's eyes kept glancing to the left involuntarily, looking at the closet. Lying was just a possibility. Could there be something hidden in the closet?

Hirako Mako suddenly stopped at the door, then turned around with a faint smile on her face. "Is it okay for me to do a quick search of this room? If what you said is true."

For the first time, Yumiko's expression changed slightly, and the fingers holding her pipe involuntarily exerted force.

All these changes in details were noticed by Mako Hirako.

Mako Hirako couldn't help but grin, revealing a row of very neat teeth.

Looks like I guessed something right...

Mako Hirako strode towards the closet.

"Wait... wait a minute, why are you so rude, handsome boy? Even if you are handsome, you can't do whatever you want!" Yumiko shouted in panic, but it was too late. The closet had been opened by Hirako Mako, and there were only some very ordinary clothes inside.

"Really? How can you just rummage through a woman's clothes? This is extremely rude. Believe it or not, I will complain to you!" Yumiko yelled.

Mako Hirako turned a deaf ear to him and took out the clothes one by one. After making sure that there was no problem, she threw them on the ground. The room was in a mess in an instant.

"You...you..." Yumiko screamed in panic, but at this moment, Hirako Mako discovered something strange.

This is a piece of clothing for the season, neatly folded and placed at the bottom of all the clothes.

Hirako Mako picked up the dress with the tip of her knife and said, "Madam, can you explain to me why there are bloodstains on this dress?"

The atmosphere solidified instantly.

Yumiko finally showed a panicked expression.

"I'm going to take this dress back for investigation as evidence," said Mako Hirako.

Chapter 143: Each Holds His Own Opinion

"You...you..." Yumiko finally showed a panic expression on her face. She clenched her fists and dared not speak anymore, but for some reason, there seemed to be a hint of relaxation in her eyes.

"It seems that you should be prepared to remarry." Mako Hirako smiled proudly.

He took the bloody clothes directly back to the General Staff Headquarters.

It was lunch time at that time. Mako Hirako had been running all morning and was extremely hungry. After saving the evidence, she hurried to the cafeteria and happened to meet Detang Yamabuki who was also eating there.

"How's the investigation going?" Yamabuki Ditang asked with a smile.

"You can still laugh? How does the General Staff usually work? The information in the document is so different from the actual situation? My legs are almost broken from running!" Mako Hirako couldn't help but complain.

Yamabuki Ditang just smiled and said, "In that case, eat more meat. Only when you are full will you have the strength to work."

At Yamabuki Detang's signal, the chef in the kitchen filled Hirako Mako's bowl with meat.

Mako Hirako didn't expect that the food in the General Staff was so much better than that in their 5th Division. Just for this reason, it's not impossible for her to stay in the General Staff in the future.

"Chief of Staff, do you have any experience in solving criminal cases?" asked Mako Hirako.

"Not at all. What I'm worst at is reasoning, but there are a few people in the General Staff who are very good at these things. They are usually responsible for handling criminal cases. You can go talk to them." Yamabuki Ditang said.

Mako Hirako ate the rice in the bowl with big mouthfuls.

If this bloody shirt becomes the key evidence, Ryunosuke Kusakawa can be acquitted and the case will usher in a huge reversal.

In the afternoon, he shared his findings with a colleague who was good at criminal cases, but his colleague immediately poured cold water on him.

"It's actually difficult for something like a blood-stained shirt to become favorable evidence, because it's too easy to forge it. Anyone can just drop some blood on it and forge evidence. And there's no technology now that can prove that the bloodstains on the shirt are related to the deceased." A colleague's words made Hirako Mako feel very disappointed.

Indeed, there was no technology to detect DNA more than 700 years ago.

There is no way to confirm that the bloodstains on the bloody clothes are the bloodstains of the deceased.

If that's the case, everything will have to be overturned and started over again.

Things seemed to be getting more and more confusing, but Mako Hirako felt very happy instead. He became more and more interested in this case.

"Interesting! So interesting!" The smile on Mako Hirako's face looked scary. The colleagues around her were shuddering and hurried to deal with the work in their hands.

"Pingzi, the 46th Central Office will issue a verdict on this case in five days. Why don't you just stop worrying about it and let the 46th Central Office deal with this troublesome matter?" said a colleague.

Mako Hirako felt a little unhappy.

I must get to the bottom of this matter before Central Office 46 issues a verdict.

"Okay, thank you. I'll go see if there are any clues." Mako Hirako came to a nearby place, took out a paper and pen, and listed all the evidence now.

The first is the murder weapon, Zanpakuto. This sword was Ryunosuke Kusakawa's sword, and when he was caught, the sword was still on his waist. It was because of this that everyone thought he was the murderer at that time.

But then he brought up the fact that his wife had cheated on him.

Then the first question arises.

Did Ryunosuke Kusakawa's wife cheat on him?

This is a very important question.

If his wife really cheated on him and he killed her in anger, the Central Forty-Sixth Chamber would not even sentence him to death. At most, he would be imprisoned for a few years, and even his noble title would not be stripped away.

Because in the laws of this era, women who cheated would be sentenced to death, while men were only morally condemned. If the other party was a noble, they might not even be condemned.

So Ryunosuke Kusakawa insisted that it was his wife who cheated on him.

He also provided another version of the story, which was that he was very drunk that night and had no idea what had happened.

Which of the two versions of the story is true?

Next was the Inuda family emblem found under the bed.

According to testimony from both sides, the two families had never had any contact before.

So where did this badge come from?

It’s like you are a Chinese, and suddenly one day you find an ID card of an American wanted criminal under your bed, but this American wanted criminal has never been to China.

This is simply quantum mechanics.

Then came the blood-stained shirt that I found.

Although Yumiko appeared panicked at the time, a hint of relief flashed through her eyes. Why was that? Now thinking back on the situation, the woman's eyes kept glancing to the left, as if she was deliberately guiding him to find the bloody shirt.

Is the relationship between them a bad one?

This woman wants to send her husband to jail with her own hands?

If the relationship between them was so bad, why would she cover up for her husband?

There is a complete contradiction between the two.

Mako Hirako felt like her head was about to explode.

He kept tapping his head with his hands, hoping to sort out his thoughts a little.

In fact, even if he completely ignored the case and let it develop naturally, no one would say anything. Just like his colleague said, it would be better to leave the troublesome matters to the Central Office 46 and enjoy some free time.

But he himself is fascinated by these things.

Mako Hirako is not only a very smart person, but also a man with very sharp intuition. When Aizen was still the vice-captain, he was the first to realize that there was something wrong with Aizen, but he had no evidence and had been rejecting the infection.

But he didn't know that he had already fallen into the trap of illusions.

Mako Hirako rubbed his head. Where else could he find clues?

Wait, if the relationship between husband and wife is not good, will they quarrel frequently? If they quarrel frequently, Lin should be the first to know.

The Inuda family is just a lower-class noble family and does not have a luxurious courtyard like the great nobles, so if the couple quarrels, the neighbors will definitely hear it. It would be better for him to ask these neighbors for their opinions.

Mako Hirako brought back a large glass of iced juice from the cafeteria, drank it in one gulp, and mustered up all her energy to go investigate again.

When the neighbors saw the staff's work ID, they cooperated very enthusiastically.

"You said their relationship as husband and wife? It's pretty good! They never argue, and Yumiko is a very virtuous woman. What's wrong? Is there a problem?!"

The neighbor uncle looked at Mako Hirako's weird eyes and asked.

Can that kind of woman really be called virtuous?

I also want to stay and eat the stir-fried pork.

Chapter 144: Trial in Court

Should I follow what I see, or should I listen to what these neighbors say?

What kind of person Yumiko is has a bearing on the outcome of this case.

But this woman showed two faces.

In front of her neighbors, she is gentle and virtuous, a good family woman.

But she becomes coquettish and wanton in front of me.

Which one is the real him?

Mako Hirako herself was a little confused.

The two parties have only met once. How can it be so easy to understand a person's temperament and character through such a short contact of less than ten minutes?

After the investigation was fruitless, Mako Hirako could only revise the documents submitted to the Central 46th Office, adding new evidence and the results of her own investigation.

I hope these people in Central Room 46 won’t be as confused about right and wrong as those bastards in the past.

Five days passed quickly.

The Central Office 46 officially opened the trial.

It soon became clear who was guilty between Ryunosuke Kusakawa and Ranpo Inuda.

Sitting in the highest seat, Yamabuki Ditang put his hands in his sleeves, ready to listen to the trial.

Soon all the suspects present arrived.

"Ryunosuke Kusakawa, you are suspected of murdering your wife. Do you plead guilty?"

Kusakawa Ryunosuke panicked and shouted, "I don't admit my guilt. I was wrongly accused. You must clear my name."

Soon, the murder weapon was brought up by the Grim Reaper next to him.

"Then how do you explain that the murder weapon was hanging from your waist when you were attacked? Based on the blade comparison, this knife is the murder weapon."

Kusakawa Ryunosuke looked bewildered.