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[shady_shopkeep]

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[Private to Urahara Only]

[ihazcheezburger]

It's possible she may have encountered her assailant prior to entering the apartment, and was walked there under threat of violence.

[Private]

[shady_shopkeep]

I too, had considered this. There was also the idea that perhaps the assailant knocked pleasantly on her door posing as a neighbor; Inoue-san was very kind. I just figured it bore noting. After all, even if the assailant was let in without force, would he really let himself out and lock the door behind him?

[Private]

[ihazcheezburger]

Perhaps to prevent casual entry from another, but that is odd. Burglars aren't usually intelligent. Not the petty ones, anyway.

[Private]

[calm_tempest]

That is indeed quite suspicious. It is possible that we have overlooked something important in the wake of our grief. I will need to think on this. Thank you for your vigilance, Urahara-san.

[Private]

[shady_shopkeep]

No thanks are needed, Unohana-sensei~ Inoue-san's death is a tragedy, and tragedies are only made worse for not knowing all the facts. Sometimes it's the not knowing that hurts the most.

Kurosaki-san just brought up an interesting point--did you happen to find a reiatsu-concealing bracelet on her person? I'm told she never went anywhere without it.

[Private--PS]

[shady_shopkeep]

Kuukaku-san brought up an interesting point as well. Was there any sign of head injury to the body when you examined it? I can't imagine Inoue-san would have just allowed herself to bleed to death had she been conscious and aware...

[Private]

[calm_tempest]

No, she had no such thing on her person. If she never took it off, then there may be something even more serious at work here. Even a spiritually aware assailant seems unlikely to take it.

There was not any sign of head injury. But the lethal wound was to her throat, and could well have prevented her from speaking. To my knowledge, she needed to speak in order to unleash her power, so she could have been helpless regardless of her state of consciousness.

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[fighting_boy]

One thing. Did anyone see the reaitsu cloaker I gave her? She wore it under her clothes when she didn't have it on, so it should've been on the body. Renji? Isane-san? Any recollections?

I mean, some stuff had been taken. But the bracelet was a spirit thing--it oughta be invisible to humans. Same goes for her spirit phone, right?

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[howls_at_stars]

Naw, I didn't see no bracelet. I didn't even think'a that. She had her hairpins, though; I removed 'em before we buried her, cuz buryin' the hairpins didn't seem right. Rukia's got 'em now.

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[shady_shopkeep]

I did notice her phone was missing... I've disconnected it from the main network just in case. A human with spirit-sense would still be able to see it, and it's practically an open door to my server if it were to fall into the wrong hands. She may have just dropped it in the scuffle, but there's really no sense taking chances.

[shiba_explosion]

S'mthing's bothering me about this whole situation, Kisuke. Namely, how does someone with her abilities let herself bleed out like that?

I don't have the head for statistics that you do, but the fact that she was at the wrong place and the wrong time twice...its mind bogglin'.

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[shady_shopkeep]

Another good point, Kuukaku-san. I will have to check with Unohana-sensei to see if there was any sign of blunt trauma. She may not have been conscious, but it does seem a bit coincidental.

Re: [Private to Shady-san]

[shiba_explosion]

Also... ask Unohana-taichou about any signs of other assault. It usually goes hand-in-hand with things like this, doesn't it?

[Private to 'Splodey-san]

[shady_shopkeep]

I'm sure that if there had been evidence of something along those lines, Unohana-sensei would have mentioned it, but I will doublecheck that with her privately as well.

{Bananafilter}

[frozen_clouds]

Concerning what Kurosaki-san mentioned. A few days ago, Kusajishi Yachiru was admitted to the Fourth after having been attacked in the Eleventh Division by Nnoitra Jiruga. I've read every subsequent report concerning the incursion, and every witness has mentioned that they were unable to detect his reiatsu.

I can't say if this is relevant or not, but it just seems suspicious to me. She had a reiatsu-concealing device that is now missing, and it's unlikely that a human burglar would have seen it in order to steal it. There were residual traces of a Garganta at her home, and no other obvious point of entry. Then an Espada appears in Soul Society without any discernible hints of reiatsu. Maybe these things are connected, maybe not. Szayel Apporo might have developed a way for the Espada to conceal their reiatsu, but why would they unveil it in such a manner? What do you think?