Under Grey Skies [Murasaki, Makoto]

At least she had the courtesy to call ahead. Makoto wasn't fond of unexpected visits like an obsessive need to have everything in its proper place, otherwise there was just chaos and she hated that. This investigation, like all others, was to be done in the same way that she lead her life, systematic from beginning to end with nothing left out. So pulling the report from beside her the vice-captain gave it one final flick through to ensure that all was accounted for and to put to rest the concern in the back of her head that something might've been unaccounted or had fallen out.

"Yes, ma'am. The preliminary witness reports were compiled by Eighth Seat Hinamori. The forensic investigation of the hospital is in the process of being completed by Nineteenth Seat Takahashi with assistance from the Third Division. Of Hinamori's reports he determined that a package arrived for an empty room, the room had no patient administered at the time and was right next to Captain Hisakawa's own room. While we will not discount the possibility of Captain Hisakawa being the cause there is enough evidence to suggest he is not the cause, and will continue investigations."

She paused while flicking open the report to find the reference she was looking for.

"Room 313 is the room in question. I have assigned the Eighth Seat to pursue collaberation with the Second Division to assist in recovering security footage in the hospital prior to the blast with the hope that we can utilise it to further our investigation. While I am overseeing this investigation, I am primarily focused on assessing the risk of further incidents and would appreciate the cooperation of the First Division in this process, ma'am."

Now that she had flooded Murasaki with information and lifted the files up to the captain commander to keep, Makoto offered a moment for Murasaki to consider all of that before moving onto discussing the finer points of the Soul Society's security.

"Yes ma'am. I intend to follow this lead to its conclusion. Fortunately this package went through an official channel by merit of the deliveryman, that means he was in a service. I intend for Hinamori to acquire the details of which service second division utilise for their hospitals. Sent packages require a sender, I'm certain the name and identity will be fake but their appearance and features will be more than enough to build a profile."

Makoto explained the entire course of events. She figured Murasaki would like to understand the process of how she has reached this decision too.

"With that in mind, I appreciate higher security on the Senkaimon. Restricting the travel to prevent escape and further incursion. Heightened security in areas of vulnerability, and for records on Vizards within the Gotei United. I do not attach suspicion to them but Captain Hisakawa was potentially a target immediately after he became a Vizard. I believe this is enough reason to consider the possibility of prejudice, or to simply attract attention to the captain of covert operations and lock us down with all eyes on such a high profile individual."

The vice captain explained while leaving the floor open to Murasaki with another influx of information.

"Yes ma'am. That concludes my report. I will keep you appraised of the various ongoings of this situation as they develop. Do you have anything else you wish to ask about?"

Well, ask about or give orders to do. There was always the possibility that Murasaki wanted to give her some kind of orders to execute in her stead but she had her own vice-captain for that so unless it was related to the realm's security she had nothing else to give her. It was still quite early into the investigation and the immediacy had yet to settle down.

Once she had their man then she would happily hand them over to the Fifth Division for questioning. She had an idea of how that could look like but Makoto wasn't really caught up on the means, just the results.

Send the nobles to her? Makoto understood where she was coming from here but she had someone she liked to think was far more reliable for if that became an issue, and someone who would likely cause a lot less trouble to dissuade them. She could very well use Murasaki to strongarm them into submission but that would only cause more issues down the line in her head. If she could rely on Shishiyuki as one of the Four Great Heads, which admittedly she was deign to do unless it became necessary, then it would be more fortuitous to have their support.

If they weren't guilty then it suited their interests to assist, if they were guilty then it suited them to expose the culprit. It all came down to who delivered that message in her mind though and the woman in front of her was not her first choice from a pragmatic standpoint as long as they occupied the same space.

A district rat like herself should probably word it as boorish as don't shit where you drink from but she was a little bit more articulated than that.

"I will keep that in mind, ma'am. The nobles will get in my way."

She declared boldly despite saying it as plainly as one might state the sky is blue.