Stealing the Celestial Path.

Summary

In a dimly lit hall, three gruesome corpses are discovered, prompting Kameyama Mokuton to investigate. He deduces that Serio Onju was killed with a single, powerful blow to the heart, while Serio Kazuo suffered a severed hand before being beheaded. A third victim, Shen Song Guang Xi, was found with a fatal head wound, indicating a skilled assailant. Amidst the chaos, Ogasawara Hidebu apologizes to Pei Zi Yun for the incident during the succession ceremony. Chang Jing Nuan Si and Chuan Zhu Xiao Hao assure Pei Zi Yun that the Shinto Bureau will handle the situation and promote him to the samurai class. Tribute funds are exchanged, and investigations into potential threats are ordered. Sakagami Michiko briefs Pei Zi Yun on the shrine's assets and the treachery of Kazuo Serizawa, proposing to strip the Serizawa family of their status and assets.

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