In Soul Society, I just want to retire

Maybe I even had suicidal thoughts.

"If no one provides further clues, Central Office 46 will make the final verdict," the sage said loudly. "The criminal, Inuda Yumiko, is suspected of murdering her longtime friend and being unfaithful to her husband. She will be sentenced to death for all her crimes..."

The sage had not yet finished speaking when he was interrupted by another person.

"Don't jump to conclusions yet." Yamabuki Ditang said.

The sages were very unhappy because their words were interrupted twice, but when they saw that the person speaking was Yamabuki Ditang, they could only greet him with a smile.

Yamabuki Ditang twirled the pipe in his hand. "Everyone, I have another version of the story. Would you like to hear it?"

Chapter 151: The Truth

"Everyone, I have another version of the story here. Would you like to listen to it?" said Yamabuki Ditang.

Another version?

This time, even Hirako Makoto was a little confused. What on earth was this old man up to? Wasn't the truth already clear?

"First of all, my first suspicion is about this blood-stained shirt." Yamabuki Ditang had the blood-stained shirt produced. "According to Yumiko, this blood-stained shirt is a piece of evidence you fabricated by cutting your own arm, right? I'm not very smart, and I don't have much reasoning ability, but one thing is for sure: I've killed enough people. When a person is cut by a knife, the blood doesn't just drip out, it spurts out. But look at the bloodstains on this shirt. It's actually very difficult to distinguish, but there are two types of bloodstains on the shirt: one is splattering, and the other is dripping."

Mako Hirako's pupils suddenly contracted and she turned to look at Yumiko Inuda.

"Second question, as I just said, when someone kills someone, their blood will spurt out. It's difficult for even a well-trained warrior to remain unstained after killing someone, let alone an ordinary woman. If she had killed someone, the clothes she was wearing would definitely be stained with blood. Where is this bloody shirt? Have you found it?"

Yumiko looked ahead with empty eyes.

"Third question, your previous statement was that you saw Kusakawa Ryunosuke coming home drunk, so you drew the knife from his waist and killed his wife. Your purpose was clearly to frame your husband, so why did you use someone else's knife? Isn't this clearly an excuse for your husband?"

"One last question. You keep saying you have a lover. Who is this lover? As we all know, according to the laws of Soul Society, if a woman cheats on her husband, she will be sentenced to death. However, if a man cheats on his wife, he will not be subject to any substantial punishment. At most, he will only be morally condemned. So it doesn't matter even if you tell others about your lover. Who is he? Where is he? Please give me a perfect answer to the questions I asked above." said Yamabuki Detang.

Yumiko became very calm at this time, as if nothing mattered anymore.

"Your Excellency the Great Sage, when did you start to doubt me?" Yumiko asked.

"I noticed something was wrong during the first court session. You showed your wound and said it was caused by a quarrel with your husband, and that the bloody shirt was used to wrap your wound. I am not only a great sage, but also a doctor. I can tell at a glance that your wound was caused by yourself with a not-so-sharp knife. It is absolutely impossible that it was caused by someone else as you said. You can make a comparison!" Yamabuki Ditang pulled out his knife and lightly cut his arm.

"For professionals like us, wounds can speak for themselves. Wounds left by ourselves are completely different from those left by outsiders. Look at the wounds on our two arms, aren't they exactly the same! Pingzi, can you draw this wound? I'm trying very hard to prevent the wound from healing." Yamabuki Ditang said.

"Secondly, although Yaoba Chiyo is usually unreliable, she's very reliable at critical moments. She once used her own abilities to expose the King of the Quincies. When she came back to chat with me, she mentioned a small detail that Hirako hadn't noticed. You knocked your clogs a few times on your way out. To outsiders, this might seem like a small gesture, but you had already guessed that someone was watching you, so your constant knocking of your clogs wasn't just a small gesture, but a way for you to tell those who were watching you that you were leaving."

"After discovering you were lying, I began investigating your background. I discovered that while your husband was a lower-class noble, your family was of mid-level nobility. As the eldest daughter of a noble family, you never left Seireitei from birth until your marriage. Yet, when you left this letter, you chose to go to Rukongai, outside of Seireitei. Can I assume your lover is from Rukongai? Since you never left Seireitei until your marriage, why did you have a lover from Rukongai?"

Yumiko smiled, and that smile was like a flower that was about to wither.

"People say that the Chief of Staff is unparalleled in wisdom and strategy. I didn't believe it at first, but I do now," said Yumiko.

Yamabuki Ditang looked at the delicate woman in front of him and sighed softly, "Your original intention was to take the blame for your husband, right? On the night of the crime, your husband wasn't home at all. When he returned, he was wearing bloody clothes and explained the cause of the incident to you with a panicked look on his face. After you learned that your husband had committed murder, you began this series of plans. I've asked your family and neighbors, and everyone speaks highly of you, saying that you are a good wife who never quarrels with your husband and is very loving to him. If a woman like this were to prove her husband's innocence, no one would believe it. So do the opposite. Let everyone in the world believe that you not only cheated on your husband, but also teamed up with your lover to kill your husband, creating the image of a bad woman."

"People tend to believe good people, but not bad people. You're going to play the villain and frame your husband, then take all the blame on yourself. That's your real purpose, right?" Yamabuki Ditang said. "So when Hirako Mako came to your house to investigate you, you acted so wantonly. It was to leave a deep impression on her and pave the way for the rest of the story."

"But you have to understand that if you're convicted of either murder or adultery, death awaits you. Is it really worth it?" Yamabuki Ditang asked. "Your husband is a genuine murderer."

Mako Hirako never expected that this woman would set a trap the first time he met her. He always thought that he had a pretty smart mind, but he didn't expect to be fooled this time.

There was only infinite tenderness in Yumiko's eyes, and slowly, the tenderness turned into pain.

Inuda Ranpo struggled unwillingly, even though he was just one step away from being convicted.

Yumiko smiled bitterly, "So what if I know he's a murderer? He's my...beloved husband."

Chapter 152: Final Ending

Hirako Mako muttered softly, "You clearly sent such an important message, why didn't you tell me in advance?"

Yamabuki Ditang said nonchalantly, "I thought you had already discovered these things!"

Mako Hirako snorted coldly, feeling very unhappy.

"There is conclusive evidence that Inuda Ranpo committed murder and he is sentenced to death." The voices of the sages came.

Inuda Ranpo was shaking all over and gritting his teeth: "Didn't you hear? That woman has confessed. She is the real murderer. Go and judge her! She should be the one to die."

"Inuda Yumiko, blatantly perjured in court, sentenced to 300 years in prison."

There was a hint of sadness on Inuda Yumiko's face.

Three hundred years later, even if I am not dead yet, I will become an old man when I come out of prison.

However, even so, she still has no regrets.

It all seems to be settled.

Yes, it just seems.

The murder case was closed, so… if Kusakawa Ryunosuke wasn't the real murderer, why would Kujo Yomi risk such a huge risk to rescue him? What else was going on?

After announcing these things, Kusakawa Ryunosuke said very carefully: "Can I leave here now? You should be innocent, right?"

This group of sages did not give an answer immediately, but looked at Yamabuki Ditong, waiting for Yamabuki Ditong to give an answer.

"Put him in jail for now. I have some questions for him." Yamabuki Ditang said.

Kusakawa Ryunosuke's face turned pale.

He looked at the big shots around him with an uneasy look. Any one of the people here could kill him with just a flick of the finger.

Jiu Tiao Huang Quan looked uneasy, and although he was still smiling, Shan Buqi Ditong could tell at a glance that Jiu Tiao Huang Quan was pretending to be calm.

Amidst Inuda Ranpo's wailing, the death penalty was carried out in court, and his wife was imprisoned for 300 years for covering up his crime.

At the suggestion of Yamabuki Detang, Kusakawa Ryunosuke was imprisoned in a very secret place and no one was allowed to visit him.

Ryunosuke Kusakawa was completely confused about the situation. Now that his charges had been cleared, why was the place where he was imprisoned even more high-end?

"Um...when can I go home?" Ryunosuke Kusakawa asked cautiously.

"Go home? You should worry about whether you can leave here alive!" Yamabuki Detang's voice came from the prison. Kusakawa Ryunosuke's face changed drastically, and his eyes became timid.

"Okay, tell me! Who were you drinking with on the night of the incident?" asked Yamabuki Ditang.

"Well..." Kusakawa Ryunosuke showed an embarrassment on his face: "Chief Staff, this matter should have nothing to do with the case, right? Isn't the case closed?"

"This has nothing to do with you. You just need to tell me who you were drinking with that night." Yamabuki Detang looked at Kusakawa Ryunosuke with a smile.

The usually cowardly Kusakawa Ryunosuke actually refused Yamabuki Detang's question this time.

"I'm sorry, Chief of Staff, I really can't tell you about this." Ryunosuke Kusakawa looked embarrassed.

"It's okay." Yamabuki Ditang smiled happily, then took out a small cloth bag from his clothes, opened it gently, and placed the torture instruments on the table.

Seeing these torture instruments, Kusakawa Ryunosuke's face suddenly turned extremely horrified, and he hurriedly shouted: "Chief Staff, the use of torture is not allowed in Soul Society now. You are responsible for writing this law yourself. Have you forgotten it?"

"How could I have forgotten?" Yamabuki Ditang laughed. "Didn't you see the small print behind this law? The final right of interpretation lies with me. As a member of the Gotei 13, you must have heard about my youth, right? Be good and tell me everything you want to know."

Kusakawa Ryunosuke was so scared that his whole body was shaking. He was just an ordinary little god of death. Why would such a big shot personally interrogate him?

The indescribable feeling of oppression made it almost impossible for Ryunosuke Kusakawa to breathe. He could only tell who he had been drinking with that night.

"That person... is Kujo Sara. She is..."

"Your mistress, right?" Yamabuki Ditang said lightly.

Kusakawa Ryunosuke nodded awkwardly.

"My wife did cheat on me, although I don't know who she cheated on me with. So I thought, if I cheated on you too, no one would owe anyone anything," said Ryunosuke Kusakawa bitterly.

"At another cocktail party, I met Kujo Sara. Her husband treated her very coldly, which gave me an opportunity," recalled Ryunosuke Kusakawa.

In an instant, Mako Hirako knew the whole story.

On the night of the incident, Ryunosuke Kusakawa was drinking at his mistress's house, while his wife was secretly meeting her lover, Ranpo Inuda, at her own home.

As a result, Inuda Ranpo had an argument with his lover that night and wanted to kill her. It was at this time that Kusakawa Ryunosuke came home drunk.

Both of them were shocked at the time, but the drunk Kusakawa Ryunosuke fell asleep directly, and then Inuda Ranpo pulled out Kusakawa Ryunosuke's knife and killed his lover.

As for why Ryunosuke Kusakawa could not possibly tell who he was drinking with that night, it was because if a married woman was caught cheating, she would be sentenced to death.

The reason why Jiu Tiao Huangquan used various methods to protect it was because of this incident.

Jiujo Huangquan and Jiujo Shala, you can tell from their names that these two people are definitely related.

Mako Hirako suddenly remembered the document she had obtained at the beginning. The truth had been changed into a mess. If she had not suddenly got the urge to investigate the case, it would have passed in a muddle.

"So this is your goal." Hirako Mako looked at Yamabuki Detang. "It doesn't really matter who Kusakawa Ryunosuke's lover is. The one who dared to change the documents without authorization is the most heinous person. This kind of deception... at least carries the death penalty, right?"

"Now that you know, why don't you go and catch him quickly?" Shanbuki Ditang said with a smile.

Mako Hirako picked up the medium's own knife and turned around to chase after him.

Yamabuki Ditang looked at Kusakawa Ryunosuke in front of him and said, "Next is your final judgment."

Ryunosuke Kusakawa was shaking with fear.

"Not only did you have an affair with a married woman, you also lost your Zanpakutō and nearly became a murderer. Sigh! How come each generation of the Gotei 13 keeps getting worse?" Yamabuki Toto said with a troubled expression, "I want to see your resignation letter on my desk tomorrow. Do you understand?"

Ryunosuke Kusakawa didn't expect that he could survive, and he burst into tears of excitement.

But someone is having a hard time.

Chapter 153: The Nine Yellow Springs that were Tricked to Death

"It's over! It's all over this time!" The smile on Jiu Tiao Huang Quan's face finally disappeared, replaced by a ferocious face.

Kujo Sara is his biological sister. Originally, no one knew about what happened between Kujo Sara and Kusakawa Ryunosuke. It was consensual on both sides, after all, they were all adults.

One is lonely and cold in the boudoir, and the other has a green head. When these two people meet, it is like a bolt from the blue, and it is out of control.

Originally, this wonderful relationship would continue, but no one expected that Ryunosuke Kusakawa would be involved in a murder case. Once the relationship between the two people was exposed, Kujo Sara would definitely die, not to mention Ryunosuke Kusakawa.

Her husband would abandon her without hesitation, and Kujo Sara's original family would regard her as a disgrace.

At this time, Kujo Sara was at a loss. In desperation, she could only find her younger brother who was a clerk in the General Staff Department, and they worked together to find a solution.

In order to protect his sister, Kujo Yomi tampered with the documents at the risk of being beheaded.

Hopefully this matter can be glossed over.

But he happened to run into Mako Hirako again.

When Kujo Yomi saw Ryunosuke Kusakawa being taken away, he knew that he was finished. Ryunosuke Kusakawa was a complete idiot. If he was scared a little, he would tell everyone about his bed-wetting as a child.

By then, Yamabuki Ditang will definitely find me by following the clues. I have tampered with documents without permission, and it is a criminal case involving human lives, which is a serious crime.

Kujo Yomi didn't even go home to pack his things, but just ran for his life with his Zanpakuto. As long as he could leave Soul Society before the other party could react, he would still have a glimmer of hope.

"Hey! Clerk Kujo, where are you going in such a hurry?" Hirako Mako had appeared in front of him without him noticing.

Jiu Tiao Huang Quan instinctively gripped the knife in his hand, but still showed a fake smile on his face.

"Mr. Pingzi, I just suddenly remembered that I have something to do. Could you please make way?" Jiujo Huangquan said in a deep voice.

Whoosh whoosh!

Dark shadows flashed past him, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people in black surrounded Jiu Tiao Huang Quan.

Kujo Yomi gritted his teeth. These men in black were the criminal army, who were specifically responsible for detecting the criminal nobles within the Gotei 13.

Hirako Mako is just a small temporary worker and he has no right to mobilize the criminal army. There is only one possibility for the criminal army to appear here: Yamabuki Detang has ordered his arrest.

"Are you going to continue resisting? Do you know how far I have gone because of your willfulness?" said Hirako Mako.

Jiu Tiao Huang Quan was unwilling to be captured like this, and drew his sword in an instant, but the people of the Xing Army were not idlers, and in just a moment, Jiu Tiao Huang Quan was captured by the Xing Army.

"This incident is good enough to be on the front page of tomorrow's news! You've become a celebrity this time." Hirako Mako said with a smile.

Kujo Yomi looked at Hirako Mako dejectedly.

He never thought that his crime would be exposed so quickly. I just wanted to protect my sister. Why are you targeting me?

Mako Hirako waved his hand and the person was taken away directly.

There is an organization similar to a newspaper in Soul Society that is dedicated to publishing interesting things.

However, not many people in this era could read, and those who read newspapers were all high-ranking officials and nobles. Moreover, newspapers were a relatively new thing to Rukongai.

It became one of the few entertainments for ordinary people.

The next day, just as Hirako Mako had said, this incident made headlines and became a topic of conversation among the nobles.

Rukongai.